The Dexes / Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow / 5635875
Eventdex · Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow
HILLSBOROUGH
5635875
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| Event typeevent_type | Ice Storm |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 5,635,875 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 2,073,127 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 1998-01-07T13:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 1998-01-10T13:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | HILLSBOROUGH |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | MAJOR ICE STORM...AND PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION. A large low pressure system located in the Tennessee Valley, with its warm front extending northeast to Long Island, New York, set the stage for a prolonged period of freezing rain in northern New England. A moisture-laden airmass overran a cold Canadian airmass which remained in place during moderate to heavy rainfall, producing a massive ice storm. The major and prolonged icing event affected a number of towns in Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties in southern New Hampshire, starting on Wednesday, January 7th and continuing until Saturday, January 10th. Elevations ranging from roughly 1,100 feet to 2,500 feet were most severely impacted. Radial ice accretions reached one to two inches by late Friday, January 9th and early Saturday, January 10th. Thousands of trees and power lines were felled, with some landing on houses and others crashing through windshields of moving vehicles. This icing event was most unusual for the fact that damage occurred only in specific parts of the same town. For example, in Marlow (Cheshire County), the hardest hit areas were on the north and east facing sections of the town including the bordering towns of Lempster, Washington, and Stoddard. A maximum ice accretion radius of 1.39 inches was measured on Pitcher Mountain in Stoddard on Sunday, January 11th, where there had been very little melting up until that time. The circumference of ice on a small branch was 8,75 inches. In Harrisville, at an elevation of about 1,400 feet, the north-facing corridor to the northwest of the center of town was hit the hardest. A tree fell on a fire truck on Friday evening as it was responding to a fire; trees and limbs were down on houses with broken windows reported. The radial ice accretion there reached two inches on Friday. In the neighboring town of Marlborough, located to the southwest, there were no problems reported.In extreme northwest Hillsborough County, in the town of Windsor, power failed early Thursday morning, January 8th, and was not restored until Sunday, January 11th. Ice was reported one-half to one inch thick on trees. About 10 miles to the east, the neighboring town of Hillsborough reported on very minor damage. Also, in Hillsborough County, in the town of Weare, the southeast part of town remained ice-free while the northwest part had icing. Radial ice accretion was reported at about one inch (ice on a wire was two inches in diameter) . There is an elevation difference of only 100 feet in the town. Quite remarkably, there were few injuries from this icing event. Statewide, power outages affected 67,000 electric customers. A utility power lineman died of a heart attack while clearing tree limbs from power lines in Washington. Power remained out an average of several days, but the more isolated areas were without power for a week. Damage to forests was very extensive statewide, but also in Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties, where it could only be compared to the effects of the Hurricane of 1938. The fallen trees will likely result in increased fire danger within two years. Damage from the ice storm in Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties is estimated to be around 1 million dollars, but the damage figure was much higher in northern portions of New Hampshire. Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties both were included in a presidential disaster declaration. |
| Yearyear | 1,998 |
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