States on December 22. During the next several days, the winter storm drifted northeastward, and eventually to the south of Greenland, before finally being absorbed by another more powerful extratropical cyclone just south of Iceland, on December 29. Christmas Day storm complex and tornado outbreak On Christmas Day, one of the largest Christmas tornado outbreaks occurred. A large line of thunderstorms suddenly erupted in eastern Texas early on December 25, with a few immediately becoming supercells. Tornadoes began to develop, causing damage to areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, all the way to the Outer Banks (threat began to decline as the squall line approached the area), with at least three being EF3s (one was a long-tracked tornado), and eight being EF2s. Other tornadoes were reported through December 25–26, causing up to more than US$1 million in damages. The storm complex also produced a strong blizzard, with strong winds and snowfall accumulations from in an area stretching from northern Texas all the way to Maine. The system moved out by December 29, as another winter storm began to affect the Northeast. Early February blizzard A major blizzard affected much of the Northeast on February 8–9. The nor'easter dropped up to as much as a little over of snowfall, specifically near Long Island and Connecticut, causing major headaches. Originating from the merger of two areas of low pressure, with the latter being the dominant low of the storm, it moved up the East Coast, and when just offshore of New Jersey, an intense band of precipitation formed. This particular band persisted for more than eight hours, creating snowfall rates of up to per hour over Long Island, which was where the heaviest snow accumulations fell. The system continued to produce heavy snow and wind before finally moving away from the coast late on February 9. Connecticut set a 24 hour snowfall record at . The storm also received names such as Winter Storm Nemo, Blizzard of 2013, or just simply Blizzard 2013. Late February winter storm On February 19, 2013, an extratropical disturbance developed in the Gulf of Alaska. Within the next few days, the system rapidly intensified, before attaining a minimum low pressure of 984 millibars on February 22. It was already affecting the Pacific Northwest, and because it was also forecasted to cause a lot more damage in the U.S. within the next week. After moving ashore in British Columbia, the