Climatology - February 20, 2009

Melissa
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Climatology - February 20, 2009 Feb 7, 2011 21:48:44 GMT -5

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Post by Melissa on Feb 7, 2011 21:48:44 GMT -5

The murders of Kenzie Houk and her unborn son were described as taking place between approximately 8am and 10am. Because 4-year old Adalynn alerted tree trimmers to the scene just before 10am and because police are stating that Jordan committed the murders, the police have narrowed the time-frame to something closer to 8am to 9am. This is possibly too narrow as it does now account for the 45 minutes or so that Jordan and his sister Janessa were absent from the home after having left for school.

On February 20th, 2009 it snowed lightly in the morning.

www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KBVI/2009/2/7/MonthlyHistory.html#calendar

Image of February weather calendar:
i994.photobucket.com/albums/af70/lislis78/Jordan/february_2009.jpg

On that morning there was light snow at 6:47am and again at 8:47am.

www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KBVI/2009/2/20/DailyHistory.html

Image of weather table showing snow times:
i994.photobucket.com/albums/af70/lislis78/Jordan/Feb_20_2009.jpg

Last Edit: Feb 7, 2011 21:49:35 GMT -5 by Melissa

Melissa
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Climatology - February 20, 2009 Feb 7, 2011 21:53:56 GMT -5

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Post by Melissa on Feb 7, 2011 21:53:56 GMT -5

If you look at the legal documents under Adam Harvey's name you will see he lives/lived in New Castle, PA. Here is the climate information for that area on February 20th, 2009:

www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KUCP/2009/2/7/MonthlyHistory.html#calendar

It snowed much more in New Castle than it did in Wampum, PA, which could explain why his black truck was snowed in by the time police checked on the lead.

www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KUCP/2009/2/20/DailyHistory.html

Image of the snow fall report for New Castle during the time in question:

i994.photobucket.com/albums/af70/lislis78/Jordan/Feb_20_2009_New_Castle.jpg

Last Edit: Feb 7, 2011 21:56:49 GMT -5 by Melissa

abram
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Climatology - February 20, 2009 Feb 8, 2011 12:28:42 GMT -5

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Post by abram on Feb 8, 2011 12:28:42 GMT -5

Melissa, good detective work.
Question; when the weather table indicates snow at 8:20 and the next event record is at 8:56, does that indicate it snowed from 8:20 to 8:56?
It seems rather odd that weather events indicate snow at 7:56, 8:06 & 8:20 without anything in between. Three consecutive snow events. Why not just record a snow event at 7:56 and then the next event when there is a change? I can only fathom they don't record when there is a change but they record whenever they look out the window.
However, it would be helpful to know long the 8:20 snow event lasted.

Melissa
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Climatology - February 20, 2009 Feb 8, 2011 12:44:10 GMT -5

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Post by Melissa on Feb 8, 2011 12:44:10 GMT -5

Abram, I could not agree more. Perhaps if I try to find another site with details on the weather conditions it will give another perspective. I wondered similar things, but really could not make absolute sense of it. Except to confirm that it snowed. Which I think it really interesting for two reasons: 1) Adam's alibi is "solid" because his truck was covered in snow. Yet it snowed all night, morning, and day where he was located. 2) It lightly snowed twice on the morning in question where the Houk/Brown residence was located which would explain a few things, such as a lack of footprints (if indeed there even was a lack) and perhaps even a confusion as far as whether the truck Jordan saw was black or white, etc.