Charlotte Super Storm

#1 Postby **wxbrad** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:09 am

Well made it in to work thanks to my trusty Jeep and 4X4

AT my house in Southwest Charlotte 15.5" With 14-17" in the Southern Part of the City.

Rock Hill, SC got over 20"

Will post pictures when I get to my Home PC some amazing pictures with snow buried the cars in my parking lot.

http://www.wcnc.com

From GSP

MECKLENBURG...14 TO 17 INCHES REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY...PARTICULARLY THE SOUTH PARK AREA. 11.6 INCHES REPORTED AT
THE CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 11.5 INCHES NEAR
MATHEWS REPORTED EARLIER. 9 INCHES IN MINT HILL REPORTED EARLIER.

YORK...AVERAGE OF 16 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN ROCK HILL AFTER TAKING
OVER 20 MEASUREMENTS FROM ALL AROUND THE CITY HALL.

#2 Postby **wxbrad** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:24 am

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

101 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2004

...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL SET AT CHARLOTTE...

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 11.6 INCHES WAS SET AT CHARLOTTE YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 6.5 INCHES SET IN 1926.

THIS SNOWFALL IS THE THIRD GREATEST AT CHARLOTTE IN A CALENDER
DAY...TRAILING 14.0 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 15 IN 1902...AND 12.1 INCHES
ON JANUARY 7 IN 1988.

THIS SNOW STORM IS ALREADY THE 6TH GREATEST AT CHARLOTTE...AND WITH
SNOW STILL FALLING...THE EVENT COULD CLIMB HIGHER ON THE LIST OF
HISTORICAL SNOW STORMS.

#3 Postby **Dave C** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:17 am

Jim Cantore was up in North Carolina doing his live shot. Quite the dynamic system down there.

#4 Postby **wxbrad** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:37 am

Yeah they should have sent him to Charlotte, what is the deal with the Weather Channel all but ignoring Charlotte? Hey we are the biggest city outside Atlanta in the Southeast. Maybe because they would expose their horrible forecast for this storm. For what ever reason they had rain from Charlotte to the East, South and North. With the heavy snow just in the mountains, nice forecast weather channel computers!!!! :-)

Brad

#5 Postby **wxbrad** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:02 am

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mf_dolphin · #6 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:14 am

Great pics Brad! I grew up in North Carolina but I can't imagine trying to navigate up there with 12"+ on the ground. I bet there are a bunch of happy kids today! :-)

#7 Postby **wxbrad** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:34 am

50 Pictures from the Charlotte Snow Storm

There are 5 pages of them

Enjoy!

http://groups.msn.com/PanovichPictures/ ... b2004.msnw

Brad

#8 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:25 pm

Our Illustrious Channel 4 OCM in Tucson last night said that nothing much was happening in the eastern US except for a little bit of light snow in the Carolinas.

Steve
:eek:

ColdFront77 · #9 Postby **ColdFront77** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:24 pm

wxbrad wrote:Yeah they should have sent him to Charlotte, what is the deal with the Weather Channel all but ignoring Charlotte? Hey we are the biggest city outside Atlanta in the Southeast. Maybe because they would expose their horrible forecast for this storm. For what ever reason they had rain from Charlotte to the East, South and North. With the heavy snow just in the mountains, nice forecast weather channel computers!!!!

Brad

The continued proof that The Weather Channel shouldn't exclusively use the MM5 model.

#10 Postby **Stephanie** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:30 pm

You're probably lucky that Jim Cantore didn't go to Charlotte - he's cursed! Everytime they send him out to report on a major storm, it misses him!

Enjoy it! The pictures are great.

Chris the Weather Man · #11 Postby **Chris the Weather Man** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:31 pm

Steph, Imagine if this storm went from NC to Maine!!! OH............................. Would have been bigger than PD2! Or even 1996 Blizzard!!

Anonymous · #12 Postby **Anonymous** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:33 pm

wxbrad wrote:50 Pictures from the Charlotte Snow Storm

There are 5 pages of them

Enjoy!

http://groups.msn.com/PanovichPictures/ ... b2004.msnw

Brad

Awesome pictures... this must truly be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for residents of Charlotte. My aunt/uncle/cousins live in Rock Hill SC where the maximum snowfall report came out of... 18 inches last I checked. I have to admit I'm pretty envious after they, living in South Carolina, have exceeded my seasonal snowfall in both the 2001-2002 winter and this winter.

Chris the Weather Man · #13 Postby **Chris the Weather Man** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:36 pm

Brett, I bet out time will be next year ( for a Severe Nor'easter) 3 feet Plus from VA to Maine

#14 Postby **Stephanie** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:49 pm

Chris the Weather Man wrote:Steph, Imagine if this storm went from NC to Maine!!! OH............................. Would have been bigger than PD2! Or even 1996 Blizzard!!

I know! We were SO CLOSE! Oh well, as it was said in many posts, we can't have 1993 or 1996 every year (or even 2003 for that matter)!

Chris the Weather Man · #15 Postby **Chris the Weather Man** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:51 pm

Ya got that right! Cannot get them every year...... Lets hope for a Blizzard in 2005!! Over 4 feet!!

Sean in New Orleans · #16 Postby **Sean in New Orleans** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:21 am

Thanks for the pics, wxBrad--enjoy the snow!

JQ Public · #17 Postby **JQ Public** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:56 am

really liked the pics man

Guest · #18 Postby **Guest** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 6:52 am

Thanks for the great pics and post wxbrad! Amazing snowfall indeed for that area! Like those in the DC area snowfall has been pretty scarce this winter here with mainly alot of small events. Biggest so far has been 6 inches.

Still got March yet so who knows! Maybe can squeeze in one big event for the OV (Including here where i am at) before its all over and done with!

Kinda really amazing when you consider that this storm as dropped more snow in Charlotte, NC then Columbus, OH has seen all winter! Thats amazing in itself!

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