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Section 4 4-6 Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan | July 2012 National Weather Service (NWS), the Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database (SHELDUS), and the Weather Channel. Research from the SHELDUS and NCDC indicates there have been 49 severe winter storm occurrences recorded for Ramsey County in the past 18 years. Although severe winter storms occur infrequently, they have the potential to wreak havoc to the community when they do strike. Statistically, Ramsey County can expect a severe winter storm every year; the most frequent occurrences were in 1996. A winter storm that struck the Ramsey County area in December of 2010 was particularly devastating to Ramsey County. Numerous power lines were downed; several roads, bridges, and buildings were damaged as a result of the heavy snow and ice accumulation. Ramsey County has never received an emergency declaration (local or presidential) as a result of a winter storm. Table 4-1 Winter Storm Events 5 6 Location or County Date Type Dth 7 Inj 8 PrD 9 1 Ramsey County 11/24/1993 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 2 Ramsey County 1/5/1994 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 3 Ramsey County 4/28/1994 Heavy Snow And Ice 0 0 0 4 Ramsey County 11/27/1994 Heavy Snow/ice 0 0 0 5 Ramsey County 11/26/1995 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 6 Ramsey County 12/8/1995 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 7 Ramsey County 12/13/1995 Glaze 0 0 0 8 Ramsey County 1/10/1996 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 9 Ramsey County 1/17/1996 Ice Storm 0 0 0 10 Ramsey County 3/23/1996 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 11 Ramsey County 11/20/1996 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 12 Ramsey County 11/22/1996 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 13 Ramsey County 12/14/1996 Heavy Snow 0 0 0 14 Ramsey County 12/23/1996 Winter Storm 1 0 0 15 Ramsey County 3/13/1997 Winter Storm 0 0 0 5 Source: National Climatic Data Center, http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html 6 Explanation of Storm Data can be found in appendix A 7 Dth = Deaths 8 Inj = Injuries 9 PrD = Property damage