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North American blizzard of 2003
Category 4 "Crippling" (RSI/NOAA: 14.67)
Plowing the streets of Washington, D.C. during the Blizzard of 2003
Type
Winter storm
Formed
February 14, 2003
Dissipated
February 22, 2003
Lowest pressure
1011 mb
Tornadoes confirmed
9
Max. rating1
F1 tornado
Maximum snowfall or ice accretion
112 cm/44 in Garrett County, Maryland
Fatalities
2 fatalities direct, 25 indirect
Damage
Over $14.1 million[1]
Areas affected
Southern Rockies, Central United States, Eastern North America
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale
The Blizzard of 2003, also known as the Presidents' Day Storm II or simply PDII, was a historic and record-breaking snowstorm on the East Coast of the United States and Canada, which lasted from February 14 to February 19, 2003. It spread heavy snow across the major cities of the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, making it the defining snowstorm of the very snowy winter of 2002–2003.
All cities from Washington, D.C. to Boston were covered in 15–30 inches (38–76 cm) of snow[2] and those cities were brought to a standstill due to problems caused by temperatures and the snow. In Baltimore and Boston, this was the biggest snowstorm on record, with 28.2 and 27.5 inches (71.6 and 69.9 cm) respectively.
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