wow that seals it for me. i remember an extremely dark steel blue sky before it hit. i went inside as it started and then branches blew across the window
omg. youtube recommended a TWC archive video and i'm pretty sure it shows the severe event that got me into weather in the first place. there was widespread damage across bayonne and my dad drove us around to look at it
the changes on the gfs from the 23rd to 24th were massive
http://mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/ARC/20101224/AVNEAST_0z/avneastloop.html
http://mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/ARC/20101224/AVNEAST_12z/avneastloop.html