Most memorable weather days of 2008

[CrazyC83]

There were soooooo many days in the US that were memorable for weather. Here are IMO all of them, and highlighting the most memorable:

January 7 - Surprise and strong mid-winter tornadoes from Wisconsin to Oklahoma

January 10 - Yet another round of tornadoes in the South

February 5 - Not-so-Super Tuesday, 57 people died in the worst tornado outbreak this decade

February 17 - More severe weather and tornadoes, mainly in Alabama and Georgia

March 7 - Parts of the Midwest and Northeast were buried in heavy snow

March 14 - Downtown Atlanta slammed by an unexpected and isolated tornado

March 15 - Round 2 for Atlanta area tornadoes, then it spreads into the Carolinas

March 18 - Major flooding begins in parts of the Mississippi Valley

April 3 - Parts of the mid-South were hit yet again by tornadoes

April 9 - A long string of tornadoes begin across a long swath

April 28 - Rare tornado leaves severe damage in southeast Virginia

May 2 - Deadly tornado outbreak mainly in Arkansas, starting a month of seemingly endless outbreaks

May 10 - Tragedy in the Ozarks with a deadly tornado and a town finished off

May 11 - The outbreak continues with many tornadoes in the South

May 22 - Many tornadoes, starting at the base of the Rockies

May 23 - Nearly a Greensburg redux with over 80 tornadoes in the Plains

May 25 - Parkersburg area devastated by an EF5 tornado, also bad tornadoes in Minnesota

May 29 - Yet another round of tornadoes in the Plains

June 7 - More tornadoes hit the Midwest hard, mostly in Illinois

June 11 - Tragedy at a Scout camp, plus the final round of big tornadoes in the Plains

June 13 - Devastating floods begin in the Midwest, especially Iowa which is inundated badly

July 23 - Hello, Dolly! She leaves a mark in deep South Texas

July 24 - Rare string of storms and tornadoes in New England

August 4 - Major derecho in the Midwest hammers Chicagoland

August 18 - Tropical Storm Fay begins her vacation in the Sunshine State

September 1 - Hurricane Gustav makes landfall, barely spares New Orleans from another catastrophe

September 6 - Tropical Storm Hanna creeps up the eastern seaboard

September 13 - The upper Texas coast is devastated by Hurricane Ike

September 14 - What is left of Ike leaves remarkable damage in the Midwest

October 11 - Rare early season blizzard in the central Rockies

November 15 - Deadly tornadoes return to North Carolina

December 10 - Unprecedented early snow in the South

December 13 - Major ice storm leaves severe damage in the Northeast

[Shockwave]

I live in Macon County, TN where the EF-3 tornado came through at 10:00 on Feb. 5th and killed 13 of our people. It was a rough night and a rough couple of weeks. I have pictures of the Columbia Gulf fire (natural gas plant that took a head on hit from the tornado that night and exploded) taken from my house. They said that people over 100 miles away could see the orange glow from it, I was only about 6-8 miles away from it.

[Squarethecircle]

The fifth of February is particularly memorable for me - it was the first tornado outbreak I ever payed serious attention to, and it was a whopper.

[coriolis]

How about the most memorable 4 days?

June 7th to 10th - 4 days in a row of record highs: 96, 95, 97, & 94 at Williamsport, PA, breaking the previous records of 95, 93, 95, & 93.

Normal Highs for those days: 77-78.

[jinftl]

I would add December 25....the record warm Christmas across the south....temps near 80 in New Orleans...made all the more remarkable given the snowfall earlier in the month. Warmest Christmas ever in many places from Louisiana to South Carolina to Florida.

[Ed Mahmoud]

The December 10th Houston snow miracle has to be the weather story of December, and rivals Gustav threatening New Orleans as second biggest story of the year after the May Myanmar killer cyclone.

[jinftl]

I'll take the bait....does Ike devestating the upper Texas coast make your list (esp since you are in Houston)? I would imagine...but i could be wrong...that the recovery effort from Ike is far from done but the recovery from the Houston Snow Miracle is already wrapped up.

This doesn't look quite right:

Top Weather Stories of 2008:
1. Myanmar Cyclone
2. Gustav threatens New Orleans
2. Houston Snow Miracle (trace of snow reported at IAH) (tied with Gustav)

Snow Miracle bigger news than February tornado outbreak that kills 57, Iowa floods, Ike?

The December 10th Houston snow miracle has to be the weather story of December, and rivals Gustav threatening New Orleans as second biggest story of the year after the May Myanmar killer cyclone.

[Extremeweatherguy]

IAH actually recorded 1.4" of snow, not a trace ( http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/climate/iah ... c08iah.txt ), but I agree..It definitely does not deserve a top 3 spot.

[CrazyC83]

I'll take the bait....does Ike devestating the upper Texas coast make your list (esp since you are in Houston)? I would imagine...but i could be wrong...that the recovery effort from Ike is far from done but the recovery from the Houston Snow Miracle is already wrapped up.

This doesn't look quite right:

Top Weather Stories of 2008:
1. Myanmar Cyclone
2. Gustav threatens New Orleans
2. Houston Snow Miracle (trace of snow reported at IAH) (tied with Gustav)

Snow Miracle bigger news than February tornado outbreak that kills 57, Iowa floods, Ike?

The December 10th Houston snow miracle has to be the weather story of December, and rivals Gustav threatening New Orleans as second biggest story of the year after the May Myanmar killer cyclone.

The Myanmar cyclone (Nargis) is by far the biggest global weather event in my opinion, but this is only a US list. Gustav ranks 4th in my opinion, behind Ike, the Super Tuesday tornadoes and the Iowa floods.

[Ed Mahmoud]

I guess Ike at least ties the snow miracle since we had a snow miracle (less snow, however) in 2004, and its been 25 years since a hurricane anything like Ike. (I wasn't here in 1989, I was in Austin, but Jerry was pretty ho-hum from what I hear), and yes, the snow melted and the blue roof tarps remain.

1 Myanmar Cyclone
2 Taiwan Typhoon Strikes/Super-Typhoon Jangmi
3 a and b Ike and Gustav
4 Winter Tornado Outbreaks in US
5 Houston and New Orleans Snow Miracle.
6 Midwest floods.


Of course it is a little skewed by where I live.