Stormlover74 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Really? I read that blizzard warnings were issued for the entire state the afternoon before. I'm sure you probably had some lake enhancement as well no? 1/28/1978, South Bend, IN. I went to bed that night with a forecast of 1-3". Stepped out my door at 7am for breakfast (one of the few times I intended to go to my 8am class), and the snow was knee deep. 35" all told....the storm to be renowned as the Cleveland Super Bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 The severity of the storm was surprising...but snow was in the forecast for the NYC area 36 hours in advance and the NWS did issue Blizzard Warnings for the area just before the storm got under way...or at least with their morning product...the first flakes came down in the wee hours of the morning. The Blizzard Warning was issued around 12AM on 4/6, so it was an overnight call. A good one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Close, but not quite. The civic center roof collapsed during the earlier heavy snow to rain event that occurred Tuesday into Wednesday of that week. Hartford had a few inches of snow on top of previous snow/ice cover that transitioned to a cold rain. Just to the north, Bradley had close to 10" of snow that transitioned to freezing rain. I think it was the rain on the snowpack that was the kiss of death for the roof. The Civic Center roof collapse occured at 4:19AM on Wednesday January 18, but unfortunately it is difficult to be any more precise than that That was the storm that caused the roof collapse at the Hartford Civic Center, IIRC. For most areas, the expected changeover either never occured, or occured much later than expected. January 19-20th 1978...Snow was supposed to cahnge to rain but didn't until 14" fell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I'm surprised anyone is surprised by the january '08 event...it was 43 and raining with no cold air anywhere. I would have been more surprised if we saw more than a sloppy inch or two I was surprised at the time but when I looked back at it I knew I should have realized it was not happening, the low was simply too weak. I was thinking of 3/14/99 when we went from 47/38 at 3pm to 32/32 with heavy snow by 10pm but that low was much more dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 1/28/1978, South Bend, IN. I went to bed that night with a forecast of 1-3". Stepped out my door at 7am for breakfast (one of the few times I intended to go to my 8am class), and the snow was knee deep. 35" all told....the storm to be renowned as the Cleveland Super Bomb. Were you on stilts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cfa Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 1. March, 2010 [North Jersey/Manhattan/Queens]....Nor'easter/pseudo tropical storm lol. This is by far the most disturbing weather event I've ever experienced. Crazy story. 2. August 23rd, 2011 Earthquake [Queens]....my first real earthquake. It wasn't weak at all to be honest, it was a pretty mild rattle, I was really rocking. We have cosmetic damage. 3. January, 1999 Ice Storm [Montgomery Co., MD]....woke up to a surreal beautiful winter wonderland and no power. This is my earliest memory of any weather event. 4. August, 2007 Searing Heat/Psycho T-Storm [Tampa, FL]....in Busch Gardens outside for hours in the hottest 90-something temperature known to man, unreal combo of a near 100° temp + high humidity + high dewpoint + high sun angle, I liked it though. Then a psycho storm that literally spawned at the drop of a hat, lightning strikes every 5 seconds for 40 mins straight, you would've thought paparazzi was hiding out in the clouds, of course I got caught outside for the entire duration with my luck. I now see why it's one of Earth's lightning capitals. 5. September 16th, 2010 [Queens]....this one is self explanatory. I stayed home that day and I'm glad I did (for the most part). I most likely would've been in either the tornado or the macroburst depending on how good/bad the buses were moving. It brought me joy to see my old school severely damaged though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 1. Blizzard of 1996- Surprised b/c of thundersnow for almost an hour. 2. Oct of 2008- A month before I moved to Florida, I had a foot of snow right before Halloween in Budd Lake, NJ. 3.Don't remember the year, but it was around Christmastime in the early 2000's. Had over a foot of snow in 2 hours and ended up w/ over 20 inches. 4. Again, don't remember the year or date. (early 2000's) Had a thunderstorm that never moved. Started pouring around 5 AM. Ended up w/ 10+ inches of rain. I think Sparta had 17 inches that day. It only rained in a tiny area but was really bad if it was raining where you were. 5. May of 2003- Was driving out in Wyoming. Got to a hotel in the middle of a thunderstorm. An EF-0 tornado hit the truck/building as I was parking. No damage but scared the **** out of me. We saw it coming from about 100 yards away and there was nothing we could do or anywhere we could go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 1) Definitely has to be 12/26/11 with the Boxing Day Blizzard. I'm pretty sure that was 12/26/2010. I could be wrong though, unless that's a forecast for 21 days out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 December 1973 ice storm. Skated on 3" fallen ice between my neighbor's back yard and mine, on hockey skates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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