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The enhanced NOAA satellite image to the left shows some of the fires/smoke plumes associated with the forest fires across the southeastern U.S. Parts of the southeastern states from Tennessee eastward across the Carolinas into Georgia and Virginia. Many of these areas picked up some light rain over the weekend ( 4th & 5th) but additional rains are needed. Additional satellite images are available at the NCDC Historical Significant Event Imagery Quick Search WWW page.
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Various media sources reported that Typhoon Bebinca left 24 dead and 4 missing after hitting the island of Luzon on Friday (3rd). Government offices, schools and financial markets reportedly closed as floodwaters inundated Manila. All flights from the capital were reportedly cancelled, and blackouts occurred to huge sections of the city. The National Disaster Coordinating Council reported that more than 10,000 individuals were forced to leave their homes as a result of the increasing water levels. The storm also triggered landslides in the Manila suburb of Antipolo, and deaths reportedly occurred in the Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya provinces northeast of Manila.
Weather forecasters warned Taiwan residents to prepare for torrential rains that could trigger landslides, just days after the worst typhoon in five years battered the island killing at least 62 people. The Central Weather Bureau said on Sunday (5th) it was not clear whether the new storm, Bebinca, which killed at least 24 in the Philippines and was moving through the South China Sea, would directly hit Taiwan or head for Hong Kong.
Use the NCDC CLIMVIS system to select data for the area.
Authorities on Monday (13th) declared a state of alert in the coastal state of Vargas after heavy rains and flooding left one person dead, four missing and 2,000 homeless. Rangel said last weekend's rains destroyed much of the infrastructure reconstructed after last year's floods, which wiped out entire towns in Vargas. See the media report for more information.
A rare November snowfall blanketed parts of the western and central Carolinas and northeast Georgia on November 19th, 2000. Snowfall ranged from just a trace in parts of the eastern Piedmont areas of the Carolinas to several inches elsewhere in the mountains and western Piedmont. The storm dumped 2.5 inches of snow at the Greenville-Spartanburg AP, SC making it the snowiest November on record. The old record was 1.9 inches in November of 1968. In Charlotte, NC at the airport 2.5 inches of snow fell. This tied the previous record November snowfall of 2.5 inches set in November 1968. See the complete NWS-GSP report for more information.
Record lake effect snows blanketed Buffalo, NY causing disruptions. Lake effect snows are triggered by cold air aloft passing over the warmer Great Lakes waters, causing instability and heavy snow bands. The snows are often accompanied by lightning and thunder, which was the case in this event. The snow in the Buffalo area, according to the National Weather Service, was the station's third-highest snowfall over a 24-hour period with 24.9 inches. The monthly total as of 7 AM LST on the 27th was 43.70 inches, which is also a new monthly November record. See the complete media report for more information. A listing of 24 hour snowfall amounts is available, along with the NWS-Buffalo final summary of the event.
Snow was also heavy in the other states in the lee of the Great Lakes. For example, the total snowfall at Grand Rapids, MI on November 20th was 11.5 inches. This broke the old daily record of 4.4 inches set in 1981. This is also a new record for the most snow on a November day. The old daily November snowfall record was 10.4 inches set on November 3rd, 1991.
At least 151 people have been killed by torrential rains, floods, and landslides ravaging Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia over the past week, officials said on Monday (27th). Massive landslides and flooding triggered by days of rain have killed at least 86 people on Indonesia's Sumatra island, West Sumatra provincial official Amri Zakaria told Reuters. See the media report for more information.
Cyclone 03B crossed India's southeast coast early on Wednesday (29th). Indian weather official S.K. Subramanian predicted gale-force winds of 150-170 km (94-106 miles) per hour and a storm surge or tidal wave of more than 1.5 meters. See the media report for more information.
Other global highlights for the month can be found at NOAA/OGP Special Global Summary for November 2000.
Note: Hazard event satellite images available courtesy of NOAA OSEI Satellite Images WWW site.
The Selected U.S. City and State Extremes provides a list of new records that were set across the U.S. during November 2000.
For further information, contact:
Tom Ross
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
phone:828-271-4499
fax: 828-271-4328
email: tom.ross@noaa.gov
Specific requests for climatic data should be addressed to: ncdc.info@noaa.gov