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Sping Nor'easter of 2007

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Storm type:	Nor'easter
Formed:	April 14, 2007
Dissipated:	April 16, 2007
Maximum amount1:	7.57 inches (192 mm)
Lowest pressure:	969 mbar (hPa)
Damages:	Not yet known
Fatalities:	Not yet known
Areas affected:	East Coast of the United States
1Maximum snowfall or ice accretion Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Satellite image of the intense noreaster responsible for the North American blizzard of 2006. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... A millibar (mbar, also mb) is 1/1000th of a bar, a unit for measurement of pressure. ... The pascal (symbol Pa) is the SI unit of pressure. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...

Nor'easter April 16, 2007

Water levels of the Pompton River, New Jersey by April 16, 2007

The Spring Nor’easter of 2007 was a nor'easter that affected mainly the northeastern parts of the United States of America during its three day course April 14 to April 16, 2007. The combined effects of high winds, heavy rainfall, and high tides lead to flooding, storm damages, power outages, and evacuations, and disrupted traffic and commerce. The storm caused several fatalities. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (896 × 716 pixel, file size: 141 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Spring Noreaster 4/16/2007 Weathermap by US Government agnecy (NOAA) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (896 × 716 pixel, file size: 141 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Spring Noreaster 4/16/2007 Weathermap by US Government agnecy (NOAA) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Pompton River is a tributary of the Passaic River, approximately 8 mi (13 km) long, in northern New Jersey in the United States. ... Satellite image of the intense noreaster responsible for the North American blizzard of 2006. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

The National Weather Service reported 7.57 inches (192 mm) of rain in Central Park by midnight of April 15, the second heaviest rain fall in 24 hours on record, and indicated that this storm caused the worst flooding since Hurricane Floyd(1999).^[1] Major airports in the New York area resumed flights on April 16, after having had to cancel over 500 flights before. Local rail and transit lines reported delays and cancellations affecting the MTA, NJ Transit, LIRR, Metro-North Railroad. Power failures affected several thousand people^[1] The National Weather Service (NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. ... A Central Park landscape Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ... Lowest pressure 921 mbar (hPa)[1] Damages $4. ... MTA may refer to: Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority, Pennsylvania Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California Manchester Transit Authority, New Hampshire Maryland Transit Administration, Baltimore and DC areas Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Mendocino Transit Authority, Mendocino Valley, California Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) Metropolitan Transit Authority of... New Jersey Transit Arrow III at West Windsor, NJ Hudson-Bergen Light Rail vehicle at 2nd Street station New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. ... The Metro-North Railroad (officially the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and usually abbreviated as Metro-North) is a suburban commuter rail service between New York City to its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut. ...

On April 16, 2007, the storm pushed sustained winds to nearly 100 mph atop New Hampshire's Mount Washington, with gusts topping out at 156 mph.[1] The Summit Mount Washington is the highest peak in the American Northeast at 6,288 ft. ...

While areas closer to the shore received heavy rainfall, higher regions inland received a foot or more of snow.[2] Several towns suffered from flooding including Mamaroneck in New York, and Bound Brook and Manville in New Jersey, while coastal towns had to deal with damage from high tides. Most major highways in Westchester County, New York were closed on April 15 and April 16 due to extreme flooding. Mamaroneck, New York may refer to two places in New York: The Town of Mamaroneck, a town in Westchester County The Village of Mamaroneck, a village partially within the town This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bound Brook is a borough located in Somerset County, New Jersey. ... Manville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Manville, New Jersey Manville, Rhode Island Manville, Wyoming This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... NY redirects here. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ...

Downtown Bound Brook, New Jersey, April 16, 2007

Governor Eliot Spitzer of NY activated 3,200 members of the National Guard on alert. Richard Codey, acting governor of NJ, declared a state of emergency.^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (2841 × 1893 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (2841 × 1893 pixel, file size: 1. ... Map showing location of Bound Brook in Somerset County Bound Brook is a borough located in Somerset County, New Jersey. ... Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. ... The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ... Richard James Dick Codey (born November 27, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician in the U.S. State of New Jersey. ... A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government, may work to alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors, or may order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. ...

The storm was blamed for several fatalities, including one person in a tornado in South Carolina, two people in storm-related traffic accidents in New York and Connecticut,^[3] two people in West Virginia, and prior to its arrival in the East, five deaths in Kansas and Texas.^[1]
A tornado in central Oklahoma. ...

The Boston Marathon commenced in what many consider to be the worst weather in its 100+ year history. The 100th running of the Boston Marathon, 1996 The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots Day, the third Monday of April. ...

The Internal Revenue Service delayed by two days the deadline for tax filing for victims of the nor'easter.^[4] Seal of the Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the United States federal government agency that collects taxes and enforces the internal revenue laws. ...

Evolution of the Storm

The storm that would become the April 2007 Nor'easter started in the southwestern United States as an upper-level disturbance in the jetstream. It brought high wind and fire danger to California, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. The storm then moved out into the southern Plains States, bringing heavy snow to Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms, with hail, wind, and tornadoes, affected parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas. The storm then moved across the Mid-Atlantic States, and into the Atlantic Ocean. The storm then rapidly intensified into a major nor'easter. The storm stalled just offshore from New York City and continued to strengthen. The lowest barometric pressure recorded was 969 millibars, equivalent to that of a strong category 2 hurricane. Jet streams are fast flowing, confined air currents found in the atmosphere at around 12 km above the surface of the Earth, just under the tropopause. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Robert McFadden (4-16-2007). East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records.
2. ^ Home News Tribune (from AP),04-16-2007. Storm brings evacuations, road closings in New Jersey.
3. ^ Karen Matthews (4-16-2007). 3 Deaths blamed on East Coast Storm.
4. ^ IRS Gives April 16 Storm Victims Additional 48 Hours to File Income Tax Returns, Internal Revenue Service news release.