1. SUPERSTORM 1993

2. OBJECTIVE
9c. Without reference, identify facts relating to the Superstorm of 1993 with at least 70 percent accuracy

3. OVERVIEW
Ingredients
Event
Why Historic

4. INGREDIENTS arctic air plunges south active jet streams merge
low forms in Gulf of Mexico
rapid intensification occurs

6. EVENT
12-14 March 1993
initial landfall in NW Florida

7. Recorded Wind Gusts/mph
EVENT
Recorded Wind Gusts/mph
Mount Washington, NH Franklin County, FL Dry Tortugas, FL Flattop Mountain, NC

8. Recorded Snowfall/inches
EVENT
Recorded Snowfall/inches
Mt. Mitchell, NC Grantsville, MD Snowshoe, WV Syracuse, NY

9. The two sides
of the monster

10. WHY HISTORIC intensity numerous records set cancelled 25% of flights
damage exceeded $3 billion
26 states affected
killed 270

11. SUMMARY Ingredients Event Why Historical
9c. Without reference, identify facts relating to the Superstorm of 1993 with at least 70 percent accuracy
Ingredients
Event
Why Historical

12. I thought it was almost spring ?!