Mr Bob Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Jan 10, 2011 was my fav here... March 1993, Feb 1979 and Mar 1983 for Atl.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 March 1993 is no. 1 and january 1988 or 1987 I can never remember which one it was that I remember so clearly is my number 2. January 2011 was a good one as well due to how long it stuck around. Ditto here. 1993 will be tough to top due to the magnitude but wasn't much fun to play in. Powder is beautiful but not useful to make snowballs or sled in. I have pictures from 87 or 88 where we had 8" or so and I remember it being an excellent sledding storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Jan 10, 2011 was my fav here... March 1993, Feb 1979 and Mar 1983 for Atl.... For me in Atlanta: Feb. 1979 (4" sleet that was initially supposed to be mainly snow, lasted nearly 24 hours, and took long to melt), Jan. 1982 (7" of a mess over three days following below zero lows aka "snowjam" due to coming in at 3 PM instead of the forecasted 7 PM; very slow to melt with another low down to 0 the following weekend; city shutdown TUE PM til the following Monday), Jan. 1987 (5" of mainly wet snow while flash flooding just SE of the area), Jan. 1988 (3-4" of mainly sleet that took long to melt; about a 3 day period during and after below 32), and March 1993 (Storm of Century blizzard on 3/13 with ~8" of snow in Dunwoody). I wasn't in Atlanta during 1/10/11 or Mar. 1983. For me in Savannah: 3"+ snow 2/8/1968, 3"+ snow 2/10/1973, and the remarkable occurrence of twin ~1" snows of Jan. 1977 (one that was during a 3+ day period that stayed at/below 33 F)..remember this is Savannah which rarely gets any measurable snow! I wasn't there for 12/1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bob Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 For me in Atlanta: Feb. 1979 (4" sleet that was initially supposed to be mainly snow, lasted nearly 24 hours, and took long to melt), Jan. 1982 (7" of a mess over three days following below zero lows aka "snowjam" due to coming in at 3 PM instead of the forecasted 7 PM; very slow to melt with another low down to 0 the following weekend; city shutdown TUE PM til the following Monday), Jan. 1987 (5" of mainly wet snow while flash flooding just SE of the area), Jan. 1988 (3-4" of mainly sleet that took long to melt; about a 3 day period during and after below 32), and March 1993 (Storm of Century blizzard on 3/13 with ~8" of snow in Dunwoody). I wasn't in Atlanta during 1/10/11 or Mar. 1983. For me in Savannah: 3"+ snow 2/8/1968, 3"+ snow 2/10/1973, and the remarkable occurrence of twin ~1" snows of Jan. 1977 (one that was during a 3+ day period that stayed at/below 33 F)..remember this is Savannah which rarely gets any measurable snow! I wasn't there for 12/1989. Snow jam was great....I had a lot of fun during that one but 1979 was so unique....I don't think Jan 2011 produced nearly as much in Atl as it did in Chatt....if it had not all fallen in the wee hours of the morning it would probably bump 93 and 79 on my list.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Jan. 25th, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That storm was legendary in Raleigh for another reason: Funny stuff but that was not the same storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCStateMMY Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Funny stuff but that was not the same storm. The intro is wrong. It was the February 26-27th storm. I remember looking the Wolf Web that night as the pranksters were loadin screenshot in the the thread about the storm. The one it mentions in the video occurred on a weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanc2001 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Dec '89 Carolina Coastal Surprise!! Close to 18" in NMB, SC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowacane Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 The storm of March 1980 is probably one of the best storms in my area, right up there with Jan 2000, Jan 2002, and Dec 2010. Two images attached. First, a picture my mom took of the snow and drifts from March 1980. Second, the accumulation map -- the red dot is where this picture was taken. It's one of my favorites too, along with 1/25/00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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