An arctic cold front pushed through the Mid Atlantic from the mid west during the evening hours on February 3rd. Northwest winds behind the front gusted to 40 mph.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
An arctic cold front pushed through the Mid Atlantic from the mid west during the evening hours on February 3rd. Northwest winds behind the front gusted to 40 mph. The combination of cold temperatures and strong winds produced wind chill values from 5 to 15 below zero during the overnight hours from February 3rd through February 6th. The morning of Monday, February 5th was the coldest of the stretch. Temperatures dipped below zero in Frostburg, MD., according to Cooperative Observer reports.|Annie Mae Anderson, 81, of Silver Spring, MD., was found dead during the morning of February 5th in a wooded area behind her home. Anderson, who suffered from dementia, apparently wandered away from her home without her coast. Cause of death was exposure to the cold weather. |Allegany County schools were closed Monday, February 5th due to the cold.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 4, 9:14 PM EST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
914 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007
.UPDATE...
500MB TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY. AT THE
SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE MID ATLANTIC IN
THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM
THE VA/NC BORDER THROUGH THE GULF STATES INTO CENTRAL TEXAS.
A MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIRMASS HAS BEGUN TO SETTLE OVER THE CWFA.
TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE TEENS IN THE WESTERN CWFA...WITH 25
TO 30 OVER THE EASTERN HALF. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO
FALL. A FEW PATCHES OF CLOUDS ARE VISIBLE ON THE IR IMAGERY.
OVERALL...NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST ARE NEEDED. WIND CHILLS STILL
LOOK TO BE ADVISORY CRITERIA WEST OF THE 95 CORRIDOR AND WILL NOT
CHANGE ANY HEADLINES.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST MONDAY
FOR MDZ004>007-009-010.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY
FOR MDZ003-501-502.
VA...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST MONDAY
FOR VAZ025>031-036>042-051>053.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY
FOR VAZ021.
WV...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST MONDAY
FOR WVZ052-053.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY
FOR WVZ050-051-054-055-501>504.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY FOR ANZ530>537.
&&
UPDATE...LISTEMAAHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 305 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502- VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ050>055-501>504-051545- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 305 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MOST COUNTIES WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. PLEASE REFERENCE WMO HEADER WWUS41 KLWX OR AWIPS PIL WBCWSWLWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY WORK WEEK. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. WIND CHILL VALUES MAY APPROACH WARNING CRITERIA /20 BELOW/ IN THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND APPALACHIANS TUESDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE MARINE WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ANY SNOW REPORTS RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. HTS
1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Annie Mae Anderson, 81, of Silver Spring, MD., was found dead during the morning of February 5th in a wooded area behind her home. Anderson, who suffered from dementia, apparently wandered away from her home without her coast. Cause of death was exposure to the cold weather.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Montgomery | 2007-02-05 | 81 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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