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Misc Reminiscing Thread

superjames1992 said:
And for another interesting read about an April snowstorm in NC, see this write up about the April 19, 1983 snowstorm / cold snap that dropped 1.8” in Raleigh-Durham and more in the foothills and mountains. I imagine some of you all on here were probably around for this one? I’ve always been surprised it isn’t talked about more given the calendar date it happened on, but I came across this article while trying to find stuff for the whamby thread.

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From Snow Cones to Snow Showers: April 1983’s Snow and Freeze - North Carolina State Climate Office

Thirty-three years ago this week amid a warm spring in 1983, an April shower brought a record-setting springtime snow, followed by several days of sub-freezing temperatures that wrecked havoc on the summertime fruit crop. Not unlike our recent winter, the winter of 1982-83 featured a strong El...
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Oh yeah I remember this and probably ranks pretty high on my weather events list. There is a photo somewhere at my parents of my dad's Ford pickup, with snow on the hood and we wrote April 19 in the snow. I'll search for it this weekend, hopefully it's not lost
 
I’m having a hard time narrowing this down to a top 10, so there’s gonna be some honorable mentions.

My personal top 10 weather events
#1 March 2008 Atlanta EF2 Tornado (first time experiencing a tornado)
#2 January 9-10, 2011 Snowstorm
#3 June/July 2012 Heatwave (peaked 106; breaking all time record high for July)
#4 Snowjam 2014
#5 March 1, 2009 (ULL/First experience of Thundersnow)
#6 Hurricane Irma (2017)
#7 Great Atlanta Flood (September 2009)
#8 December 7-8, 2017 Snowstorm
#9 December 25, 2010 Snowstorm (my first White Christmas)
#10 January 2-3, 2002 Snowstorm

Honorable Mentions
February 12, 2010 Snowstorm
January 28-29, 2005 Icestorm
August 2007 Multi-Day Triple Digit Heatwave
Hurricane Ivan (2004)
January 2003/2014 Arctic Cold Outbreak
February 11-13, 2014 Overrunning Event

I miss the 2000s/2010s when weather used to be consistently exciting. Maybe it’s bad perception, but 2020s have been relatively boring asf compared to those decades to me. ??‍♂️
 
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Today is the 51th anniversary of the great snow of 1973, the pitcure above is of the area just outside of downtown in Macon, GA following the event. My grandparents measured ten inches of snow that day at their home in Eastman and the entire immediate Middle Georgia area smashed snowfall records that had stood since the last previous large snowfall that had transpired in 1914.
 
EastmanGAWX said:
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Today is the 51th anniversary of the great snow of 1973, the pitcure above is of the area just outside of downtown in Macon, GA following the event. My grandparents measured ten inches of snow that day at their home in Eastman and the entire immediate Middle Georgia area smashed snowfall records that had stood since the last previous large snowfall that had transpired in 1914.
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You would never guess that was Georgia. Looks like some place much further north.
 
Marksnownosnow said:
You would never guess that was Georgia. Looks like some place much further north.
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That's true, it certainly was an extremely spectacular event by all accounts that I've heard from those who got to see it. Macon is actually a rather hilly city for a town of it's latitude due to the proximity in relation to the Fall Line. It gets much flatter once you go just south of the city towards Warner Robins.
 
EastmanGAWX said:
That's true, it certainly was an extremely spectacular event by all accounts that I've heard from those who got to see it. Macon is actually a rather hilly city for a town of it's latitude due to the proximity in relation to the Fall Line. It gets much flatter once you go just south of the city towards Warner Robins.
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I had no idea it was that hilly. Kind of looks like it could be TN or NC. Very nice.
 
superjames1992 said:
The Florida panhandle is surprisingly hilly, too. It was one of the most surprising aspects of me living there.
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What part of Florida P because I’m originally from the Panhandle and I don’t remember any hills. Maybe couple humps
 
accu35 said:
What part of Florida P because I’m originally from the Panhandle and I don’t remember any hills. Maybe couple humps
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Yeah, as much as I’ve had to travel the I-10 corridor in the Panhandle, I can honestly say, I’ve never seen one hill there
 
@accu35 @Chazwin Tallahassee was relatively hilly which is mainly what I’m speaking of. I’m not saying there’s massive hills or anything, but it’s not as flat as most of the rest of Florida. It may be hillier in some areas than the NC Piedmont, for example. Just not what I think of when I usually think of Florida. It’s on the southern end of the Red Hills region. Perhaps I shouldn’t have generalized that as all of the Florida panhandle, but the Tallahassee area is relatively hilly, anyways (though it gets very flat south of town). So my bad as I probably shouldn’t have said the panhandle in general.

Torreya State Park west of Tallahassee also has some impressive bluffs.

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Red Hills Region - Wikipedia

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Top 10
1. Blizzard ‘93
2. Thundersnow 2011
3. Blizzard ‘88
4. Christmas 2010
5. April 27 2011
6. Valentines Day 2015
7. Ice storm of ‘85
8. Christmas Eve snow ‘89
9. Ivan
10. CoViD ‘20
 
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Today is the 14th anniversary of the last time that my location witnessed at least once inch of snow. I was in my senior year at UGA and this weekend was my scheduled once a month visit home, the whole experience was beyond phenomenal and defintiely an occassion that those of us in the lower half of Georgia will never forget. I wish that was I was still this skinny and had as much hair as back then, lol!
 
January 22nd 2016. Twelve inches of snow in which most of it fell over a 4-5 hour period. Definitely was over 2 inch per hour rates at times. It’s IMG_1250.jpegIMG_2497.jpegIMG_2536.jpegIMG_2493.jpegthe biggest snow I’ve had at home by 4 inches. The night before we actually got about .20 inches of freezing rain which combined with the heavy snow did in some trees.
 
1. Blizzard of 93. I was only 11 but we had 22 inches on Big Ridge in Hixson. There were 3-4 foot snow drifts at the top of the ridge that People walked through to get home. Vividly remember the lightning while it snowed.

2. 4/27/11 I believe we had 23 separate tornado warnings in Hamilton county that day with 12 being confirmed. The first lifted before going over my office on Hixson pike around 8:30. Saw shingles and other material falling out of the sky multiple times that day. I have Never seen clouds move like that. First time I have ever watched a radar and genuinely been scared from what was coming from Alabama.

3. Jan 88. I remember being able to sled with a blade runner in that storm. Believe we had 10-12 inches.

4.Jan 28/2014. How much damage can a trace of snow do when the infrastructure is cold? Caught everyone by surprise and had temps in the mid teens. Roads were awful for days.

5. Jan 10 2011. The coldest mid December through January I remember here and nothing has come close. 8.5 inches with that storm and it stuck around for a week.IMG_5112.jpeg
 
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