nchighcountrywx Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 http://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=168This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina's weather extremes. Although this storm was not as severe as the December 24-25, 2009 Major ICE Storm along the NW NC Blue Ridge, the December 2002 storm in central NC caused more monetary damage and affected far more people. Here is the separate event, the December 24-25 2009 Ice Storm along the NC Blue Ridge Escarpment that came on the heels of the major 20" snow just a week earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCummingWx93 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I remember this one well. We in North GA were under an ice storm warning N/E of Atlanta. Had a 33 degree rain which, in this case, maybe was for the best as would have been without power for awhile had it been as bad as it could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastatlwx Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I remember this one well. We in North GA were under an ice storm warning N/E of Atlanta. Had a 33 degree rain which, in this case, maybe was for the best as would have been without power for awhile had it been as bad as it could have been. wow, Cad must of under performed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Over 1.5 Ice accrual with temps in low 20's the whole storm. Knocked power out to my entire county 100%. Never forget it. We went over 7 days without power here. Hopefully i want see another Ice storm of this magnitude ever again Knock on wood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I remember that crap storm. Second week in the Upstate and at GSP. Welcome to hell I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCummingWx93 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 wow, Cad must of under performed I don't remember specifics like how strong the high was or where it was positioned, but yeah, was setting up to be pretty bad but my location (at the time) in South Forsyth never had any icing, and I remember the thermometer sitting at 32.5 for the longest time. So, just missed a possible disaster. Was pissed at the time but later realized it probably was a good thing. Can anyone post the sfc maps for this storm if they have them? I know looking at obs on wunderground it appears Gainesville and Athens were 31/32 for a short while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCummingWx93 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I remember that crap storm. Second week in the Upstate and at GSP. Welcome to hell I thought. Talk about moving to another job at the wrong time. Probably the worst for your area and the first you had to forecast! I bet not many forecasters can say that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Over 1.5 Ice accrual with temps in low 20's the whole storm. Knocked power out to my entire county 100%. Never forget it. We went over 7 days without power here. Hopefully i want see another Ice storm of this magnitude ever again Knock on wood! I still have branches falling now and then that were damaged in that storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Talk about moving to another job at the wrong time. Probably the worst for your area and the first you had to forecast! I bet not many forecasters can say that! Yeah it was an eyeopener. It's been all downhill since then, tho. ;-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I still have branches falling now and then that were damaged in that storm. Your right. We live in the woods practically and you still see the evidence till this day. It was the perfect storm or circumstances to maximize damage. Hopefully you amd me never see another one. We had our turn if you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfan98 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 One of the most unique and worst experiences ever. It looked and sounded like a war zone with the transformers exploding. I had no idea that we would be without power for a week. We had to sleep in the living room in front of the gas logs. Absolutely miserable! My wife still gets squirrelly anytime there's a chance of freezing rain. A once in a lifetime storm (I hope). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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