Thundersnow12 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I am really bored so just thought I would do this... You have to think of your all time favorite event that you either followed, documented, chased etc and do a quick summary on it and include pictures/wx graphics if you want. It can be from any year that you have been alive lol I'm still trying to narrow done a few to my numero uno and than il post mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Enough said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbs Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 The Great Ohio Blizzard of 1978 My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 The Great Ohio Blizzard of 1978 My link Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimChgo9 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Hmmmm... That would have to be the Snowstorm/Blizzard etc.. of 1978, Somehwere in the family archives there are photos of the deep snow and snow drifts around the house. Yeah, that is probably my favorite weather event... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbs Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 BTW ... The Detroit NWS office has one of the best discussions of the storm that I've seen. If you Google "The great Ohio Blizzard of 1978" you will find many other pictures, videos, and analysis of the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 December 22-23 2004. Near 20 inches of snow with that storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okie333 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 December 24, 2009. No question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbs Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 December 22-23 2004. Near 20 inches of snow with that storm. Yep - We had a lot of snow with that one..23" here in Sidney...BUT it don't come close to the 70 MPH wind gusts and 12" of snow during the blizzard. The 2004 snow was melted by New Years Eve....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 August 21, 1987 Derecho in the Quad Cities. I was only 10 years old, but those were the strongest winds I've ever seen. Probably on the order of 100-110mph. Unfortunately there's very limited info on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierwx Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Three way tie Blizzard -78 March -96 - 30"+ Dec - 04 - 30"+ Tough to choose. I was out of school for several weeks in 78, and I remember jumping off the roof of the barn into snowdrifts 7 or 8 feet deep. The power was out for a week in 96. In 04 it was right before Christmas and I was on vacation and didn't have to worry about getting to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 December 24, 2009. No question. Good choice. That was a monster. My friends in ND got absolutely lit up like a Christmas tree in that one. Merry Christmas to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Best one I can remember, Dec 9-10th 2003. Severe T-storms and flooding followed by thundersnow for 3 hours with 3 inch/hr snowfall rates with near blizzard conditions. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/sgf/Events/2003/dec9_10/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Very easy choice for me... the amazing Cedar River flood of June 2008. The crest was 11 feet higher than the 80 year old record. I'll add a photo later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 3 Way tie between July 2nd 1997 Tornado outbreak May 30th 1998 Derecho Jan 2nd 1999 Blizzard All very interesting events when I was a teen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 3 Way tie between July 2nd 1997 Tornado outbreak May 30th 1998 Derecho Jan 2nd 1999 Blizzard All very interesting events when I was a teen. had to go and look it up http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/1953beecher/metComparison.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilly84 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Toss up. PD2 March, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayBreeze Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 agnes. 1972. it planted a seed for my interest in weather which later became a satisfying career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishforsnow Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I would say the Great Flood of 1993. I never seen so much rain my life. One night we received 9 inches of rain. The sidewalk in front of our house was a river. It would of knock anyone down. Dad said when he got to Ankeny, Iowa that night the manhole covers were being blown up into the air due to all the water coming into the sewer system too fast. Pretty much Ankeny is built on a drain wet land. Luckily, we lived on a hill, but our yard was so wet it was like walking on a sponge. But luckily our basement stayed bone dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowyles25 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Blizzard of 99 Chicago. I was 9 years old at the time. I remember walking right in the middle of the Blizzard 3 blocks down to go to the gas station with my sister and brother. My dad was sleeping at the time and man he was pissed when we came home drenched in snow and he was screaming to us saying how dangerous it was. Man it was so windy and whiteout conditions we can barely see a foot ahead of us. We literally had to pull ourselves to get home because snow drfits were as high as my 7 year old sister at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wi_fl_wx Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Top 3: 1) Milwaukee, WI May 31,1998 Derecho (only time experiencing 100+ mph winds) 2) Milwaukee, WI January 1-3, 1999 Midwest Blizzard (best winter storm) 3) Madison, WI February 16, 2006 Thundersnow (10" of snow in about 3-4 hours, at least 20 flashes of lightning) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwassmer Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 1) 20"+ snow IMBY on Dec. 22, 2004. NWS was predicting a minor event that morning. By 3 p.m., it was thumping down in sheets of white. One of those rare events when we get much more than originally forecasted. 2) Blizzard of '78...another event lightly forecasted until just before it thumped down. Out of school for a week and a half. Drifts six feet deep closed main county road in front of my house. Everyone got around by sled for a week. How sweet it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 '99 obv and any one of the many nocturnal training MCS events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 i'm gonna throw a weird one in here...not necessarily my favorite, but top 5. Sept.14, 2008 Hurricane Ike remnant windstorm. Wildest afternoon i remember here in many years, with effects that lasted longer than most big snowstorm aftermaths. The craziest thing was it was very poorly forecasted, hit like a wall, lasted for about 6-8 hrs, and not a drop of rain fell. By the time it was over most people were without electricity and tree damage was widespread. I still remembering sitting in a wendy's with my kids after my sons football game, (it was a sunday afternoon). All of a sudden it looked like a duststorm outside and the lights started flickering. The ride back to the house, was dodging branches and debris flyiing all over the place. When we got home, I sat on my back porch and watched it all unfold, including a 40' whitepine in our backyard snap in half. I found out i just made it out of the park(football field), in the nick of time. A lot of other parents were stranded from trees coming down and blocking the exit roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Blizzard of 99 Chicago. I was 9 years old at the time. I remember walking right in the middle of the Blizzard 3 blocks down to go to the gas station with my sister and brother. My dad was sleeping at the time and man he was pissed when we came home drenched in snow and he was screaming to us saying how dangerous it was. Man it was so windy and whiteout conditions we can barely see a foot ahead of us. We literally had to pull ourselves to get home because snow drfits were as high as my 7 year old sister at the time. Cromartie fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Cromartie fail. that dude is cromartie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 that dude is cromartie? I believe the popular theory is yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I believe the popular theory is yes. What elaborate and weird trolling. How about last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 i'm gonna throw a weird one in here...not necessarily my favorite, but top 5. Sept.14, 2008 Hurricane Ike remnant windstorm. Wildest afternoon i remember here in many years, with effects that lasted longer than most big snowstorm aftermaths. The craziest thing was it was very poorly forecasted, hit like a wall, lasted for about 6-8 hrs, and not a drop of rain fell. By the time it was over most people were without electricity and tree damage was widespread. I still remembering sitting in a wendy's with my kids after my sons football game, (it was a sunday afternoon). All of a sudden it looked like a duststorm outside and the lights started flickering. The ride back to the house, was dodging branches and debris flyiing all over the place. When we got home, I sat on my back porch and watched it all unfold, including a 40' whitepine in our backyard snap in half. I found out i just made it out of the park(football field), in the nick of time. A lot of other parents were stranded from trees coming down and blocking the exit roads. This would be my third choice #2 would be the blizzard of 78 #1 would be the May 73 tornado-went about half a mile or so south of our home. For me nothing beats seeing a tornado up close and in person-absolutely mesmerizing-I don't think anything(except seeing another tornado) can top it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 was only nine at the time of the 99' blizzard so don't remember that one well. trying to narrow it down between.. 8/4/08 my first tornado in the TX PH on 4/29/09 TSSN event in north aurora in march of 08' and im sure a few more I can't think of at the moment. pretty tough chose lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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