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Abstract: Extremely high winds of 40?49 m s?1 [90?110 miles per hour (mph)] were reported across the western foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountains on 22?23 December 2004, 17 October 2006, 24?25 February 2007, and 1 March ...

Abstract: A 30-yr (1971?2000) study was conducted to 1) determine the typical characteristics and synoptic conditions of foehn wind events that produced large temperature differences near the southern Appalachian Mountains and 2) ...

Abstract: On 2 January 1999, a southeasterly foehn wind produced a narrow band of temperatures up to 10°C (18°F) warmer than the surrounding area in the central Great Tennessee Valley on the northwest side of the Smoky Mountains. ...

Abstract: Severe winds, in excess of 50 kt (25 m s?1), brought widespread damage across the mid?Mississippi Valley on the mornings of 11 April 1995 and 28 April 1996. These severe winds were unusual and unexpected as they trailed ...

Abstract: A 54-yr climatology (1950?2003) of synoptic conditions associated with significant (F2 or greater) tornado events in the southern Appalachian region was compiled to 1) investigate the observed relative minimum of tornadoes ...

Abstract: On 26 March 1999, an unexpectedly heavy and complex snowfall event occurred across the southern Appalachian region. This event produced 20?30 cm (8?12 in.) of snow across the Smoky Mountains and 10?15 cm (4?6 in.) across ...