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2. REPORT DATE 

 January 1996 



3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED 



Final report 



4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 



Halloween Storm and Storm of 4-5 January 1992: 

 Implications for the Occurrence of Similar Events 



6. AUTHOR(S) 



Andrew W. Garcia 



5. FUNDING NUMBERS 



7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(£S) 



U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station 

 3909 Halls Ferry Road 

 Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 



8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 

 REPORT NUMBER 



Technical Report 

 CERC-96-3 



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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

 Washington, DC 20314-1000 



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Available from National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. 



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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 



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13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) 



During the winter of 1991-92, two intense storms caused extraordinary damage along the eastem seaboard of the 

 United States. The most notable of these storms occurred from 29 October to 2 November 1991, and is commonly 

 referred to as the "Halloween Storm." This report uses factors other than coastal water levels to assign "frequency 

 of occurrence" or "return interval" to events such as the Halloween Storm. The approach used focuses on storm 

 characteristics rather than the effects of the event. These characteristics include the duration, intensity, size, area of 

 origin, and track. In addition, meteorological records for approximately the past 30 years were examined for sys- 

 tems which exhibited track characteristics similar to those of the Halloween Storm. Coirelation of other character- 

 istics will require further study and will be explained in subsequent reports. 



14. SUBJECT TERMS 



Frequency of occurrence 

 Halloween Storm 

 Return interval 



Storm intensity 



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55 



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