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April 2016 North American storm complex

Index April 2016 North American storm complex

The April 2016 North American storm complex was a major storm system that resulted from an upper-level low in the United States stalling and producing a major snowstorm in the Rocky Mountains, and record-breaking rain in and around Houston, Texas, resulting in severe flooding. [1]

41 relations: Austin County, Texas, Blizzard, Block (meteorology), Central Time Zone, Central United States, Cold front, Cold-core low, Colorado, Colorado County, Texas, County, Denver metropolitan area, East Coast of the United States, Eastern United States, Flash flood warning, Flood, Floods in the United States: 2001–present, Fort Bend County, Texas, Four Corners, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Greater Houston, Grimes County, Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Harris County, Texas, High Plains (United States), Houston, Jet stream, Mesoscale convective system, Monaville, Texas, Montgomery County, Texas, Pinecliffe, Colorado, Rain, Ridge (meteorology), Rocky Mountains, State of emergency, Texas, Tropical Storm Allison, Waller County, Texas, Weather Prediction Center, Western United States, Winter storm, 2015–16 North American winter.

Austin County, Texas

Austin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Blizzard

A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least and lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically three hours or more.

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Block (meteorology)

Blocks in meteorology are large-scale patterns in the atmospheric pressure field that are nearly stationary, effectively “blocking” or redirecting migratory cyclones.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Central United States

The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census' definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the U.S. Census' definition of the Southern United States.

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Cold front

A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air, replacing at ground level a warmer mass of air, which lies within a fairly sharp surface trough of low pressure.

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Cold-core low

A cold-core low, also known as an upper level low or cold-core cyclone, is a cyclone aloft which has an associated cold pool of air residing at high altitude within the Earth's troposphere.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Colorado County, Texas

Colorado County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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County

A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.

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Denver metropolitan area

Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Eastern United States

The Eastern United States, commonly referred to as the American East or simply the East, is a region roughly coinciding with the boundaries of the United States established in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which bounded the new country to the west along the Mississippi River.

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Flash flood warning

A Flash Flood Warning (SAME code: FFW) is issued by the United States National Weather Service when a flash flood is imminent or occurring in the warned area.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.

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Floods in the United States: 2001–present

Floods in the United States: 2001–present is a list of flood events which were of significant impact to the country since 2001, inclusive.

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Fort Bend County, Texas

Fort Bend County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Four Corners

The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico.

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, under class B airspace, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area.

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Greater Houston

Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land is the fifth most populous metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in southeastern Texas.

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Grimes County, Texas

Grimes County is a county located in southeaster Texas in the United States.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Harris County, Texas

Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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High Plains (United States)

The High Plains are a subregion of the Great Plains mostly in the Western United States, but also partly in the Midwest states of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota, generally encompassing the western part of the Great Plains before the region reaches the Rocky Mountains.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Jet stream

Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres of some planets, including Earth.

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Mesoscale convective system

A mesoscale convective system (MCS) is a complex of thunderstorms that becomes organized on a scale larger than the individual thunderstorms but smaller than extratropical cyclones, and normally persists for several hours or more.

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Monaville, Texas

Monaville is an unincorporated community in Waller County, Texas, United States, at the intersection of FM 359 and FM 1887.

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Montgomery County, Texas

Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Pinecliffe, Colorado

Pinecliffe is a U.S. Post Office and an unincorporated community located in Boulder County and Gilpin County, Colorado, United States.

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Rain

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then becomes heavy enough to fall under gravity.

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Ridge (meteorology)

A ridge is an elongated region of relatively high atmospheric pressure, the opposite of a trough.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to perform actions that it would normally not be permitted.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Tropical Storm Allison

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Waller County, Texas

Waller County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Weather Prediction Center

The Weather Prediction Center (WPC), located in College Park, Maryland, is one of nine service centers under the umbrella of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), a part of the National Weather Service (NWS), which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. government.

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Western United States

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, the Far West, or simply the West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States.

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Winter storm

A winter storm is an event in which varieties of precipitation are formed that only occur at low temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are low enough to allow ice to form (i.e. freezing rain).

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2015–16 North American winter

The 2015–16 North American winter refers to winter in North America as it occurred across the continent from late 2015 through early 2016.

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Redirects here:

2016 Houston flooding, 2016 Houston floods, 2016 Southeastern Texas floods, 2016 Texas floods, April 2016 United States storm complex, Mid-April 2016 United States storm complex, Winter Storm Vexo.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2016_North_American_storm_complex

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