| Major Flood of March 31, 2003 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada |
| Meteorological Imagery 500-mb Height Analysis, 12UTC 31 March 850-mb Specific Humidity: 00 06 12 18 UTC 31 March High Resolution before-and-after satellite Precipitable Water 18 UTC 31 March Surface Analysis (MPC) 18 UTC 31 March Visible Satellite Imagery 12 18 UTC 31 March Radar Loop (near the end of the heaviest rainfall, note narrow band of very heavy rains on leading edge) |
| Storm summaries and rainfall totals Weather office storm summaries (WOCN) Total precipitation map (prepared by Bill Richards) Regional Summary (with data table) River Flood-level Data (Sackville and LaHave Rivers, NS) |
| Photographs Relief map of Truro flooding area (Lowest elevation is brown in color) Flooding in Truro (courtesy of Claude Barbeau) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Damage in Truro (Images by Chris Fogarty taken April 4/03 including flood level of Salmon River) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 New Glasgow Riverfront Pictou County Images (Andrew Spicer) Quinan (near Yarmouth) April 2 (courtesy of Marc Fournier) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Highway 101 washout (Annapolis County April 1) (courtesy of Paul Richard, NSDoT) 1 2 3 4 Rain-induced mud/snowslide in Newfoundland |
| Meteorological Observations METARS and SAs of hardest hit areas: Amherst Truro Caribou Pt. Saint John Halifax Int'l Shearwater New Glasgow - time series of various elements |
| (c) NovaWeather, April 13, 2003 Chris Fogarty |
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| Road sign to Halifax in a lake! (Exit 14, Truro - photo by Jerry Watson) |
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