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DECADE IN REVIEW: TOP WEATHER EVENTS/STORMS OF THE DECADE

The Decade has been full of ACTIVE Weather and Weather disasters below is a list of the most active weather events and storms with the biggest impacts (Not in any special order).

1. SUPER TORNADO OUBREAK 2011 Two major tornado outbreaks occurred during the Spring of 2011. The first happened across a span of several days from April 25th to April 28th. Known as the "Tornado Super Outbreak" this stretch of time saw nearly 500 preliminary storm reports for tornado across 16 different states. This event was the costliest tornado outbreak in United States history with estimated damages of roughly $11 billion dollars.

2. TORNADO IN JOPLIN MISSOURI 2011

3. HURRICANE MICHAEL OCTOBER 2018

4. HURRICANE HARVEY 2017

5. HURRICANE IRMA 2017

6. HURRICANE SANDY 2012

7. HURRICANE DORIAN 2019

8. NORTH GEORGIA, SMOKY MOUNTAIN (GATLINBURG) AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILDFIRES 2016

9. 2014/2015 COLD WINTERS (SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES EVEN IN THE SOUTHEAST JANUARY 2014)

10. SNOWMAGEDDON JANUARY 2014 AND BACK TO BACK SNOW STORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WHICH IMPACTED ATLANTA AND BIRMINGHAM METRO NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED

11. HURRICANE FLORENCE 2018

12. TROPICAL STORM IMEDLA 2019

13. PRECHRISTMAS SNOW STORM IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA DECEMBER 2017 UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IN WEST AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA

14. TORNADO OUTBREAK IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA MARCH 3RD BEAUREGARD ALABAMA TORNADO MARCH 2018

15. MAY 2019 TORNADOES (506) MAY 2019

16. OCTOBER 2019 DALLAS TEXAS TORNADO

17. DECEMBER 2019 TORNADO OUTBREAK IN MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND LOUISIANA

18. ADAIRSVILLE GEORGIA TORNADO JANUARY 2013

19. JANUARY 2017 TORNADO OUTBREAK IN GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI (LARGEST TORNADO OUTBREAK IN GEORGIA HISTORY AND BIGGEST WINTER OUTBREAK SINCE 1950 ALBANY GEORGIA, ADEL GEORGIA, AND HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI HIT HARDEST)

20. HURRICANE MARIA 2017

21. RECORD HEAT IN THE SOUTHEAST IN 2019 RECORD NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS IN ATLANTA AND MIAMI. RECORD HEAT EVEN EXTENDED WELL INTO OCTOBER IN THE SOUTHEAST.

22. NASHVILLE 2010 FLOODING

23. 2013 TORNADOES IN OKLAHOMA

24. 2019 TORNADOES IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA RECORD PACE

25. 2019 FLOODS IN PLAINS STATES AND SOUTHEAST (TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND KENTUCKY)

26. 2010 AND 2011 SNOWS IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.

27. 2015 SNOW AND ICE IN NORTH GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE

28. DECEMBER 2018 SNOW IN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

29. GROUNDHOG DAY BLIZZARD CHICAGO, MIDWEST, AND CANADA 2011

30. RECORD COLD NOVEMBERS 2014 AND 2019

31. FEBRUARY 2013 BLIZZARD IN THE NORTHEAST Boston, Massachusetts received nearly 25 inches of snow making it the fifth-highest snow total ever recorded for the city, while Portland, Maine set records with 31.9 inches of the white fluffy stuff falling in their city. On top of the high snow totals, winds gusted to a maximum 102 mph at the height of the storm. It was responsible for 18 deaths and leaving over 700,000 customers without power.

32. SPRING 2013 OKLAHOMA TORANDO OUTBREAK The spring saw two major tornado outbreaks, both within just days of one another, in the state of Oklahoma. While the strongest tornado of this outbreak was only rated an EF3, it still did massive amounts of damage to the city of El Reno, Oklahoma. The twister was on the ground for 40 minutes, and at its peak had maximum sustained winds measured by a mobile Doppler radar site of 302 mph. The storm also grew to an astounding 2.6 miles wide, breaking records for the widest tornado ever recorded in U.S. history. The storm claimed the lives of 8 people, injuring over 150 others. The path led to damage estimates of $35 to 40 million.

33. MIDWEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK FALL 2013 a severe weather outbreak for the year occurred right before Thanksgiving in the midwest. In all, 73 tornadoes were confirmed by National Weather Service offices across the states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. The strongest was an EF4 storm that ravaged the town of Peoria, Illinois. The system was so powerful, it forced the Storm Prediction Center to issue a "High Risk" for severe weather, a rarity in the spring months, and unheard of in the fall months.

34. 2015 South Carolina saw historic flooding in the month of October. Rainfall drenched the state for several days, setting rainfall records during the deluge. It was the states wettest October on record, with a new statewide 24-hour record being set. Widespread Flash Flooding occurred, leading to countless water rescues and dam breaches across the state, including in Columbia. Up to 160,000 homes sustained damage from the floods.

35. RECORD COLD IN ALASKA DECEMBER 2019

36.MASSIVE SNOWS IN THE WINTER OF 2015/2016 IN THE NORTHEAST US

New York City typically averages 27.5 inches of snow in one winter season. They received that total in just two days from this storm alone. It helped New York City set their heaviest snowstorm on record, dating back to 1869. Other places like Allentown and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania set snowfall totals above 30 inches. Over 21 million people across the eastern United States saw 20 inches of snow or more. Over 13,000 flights were cancelled and eleven states, including the District of Columbia, declared a state of emergency.

37. FEBRUARY 2016 SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK

61 confirmed tornadoes touched down, including three separate EF3 tornadoes that spun up across Louisiana, Florida and Virginia. This severe weather outbreak helped spawn the first deadly February tornado on record for the state of Virginia, while it also helped bring the first F/EF2 or strong tornado on record to the state of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorm warnings were issued as far north as Maine with this storm.

The Storm Prediction Center issued a severe thunderstorm watch as far north as Massachusetts and southern Vermont. The last time this happened so early in the year for the northeast was back in 1997.

38. JUNE 2016 FLOODING IN WEST VIRGINIA

Flash Flooding impacted the state of West Virginia as slow-moving thunderstorms passed through the state killing nearly two dozen people and bringing widespread destruction and water inundation to city infrastructure.

39. 2019 RECORD HEAT AND WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA

40. 10 feet of snow piled up in just over a week across the Sierra Nevada region in early January 2017 This snow pack, mixed with heavy rainfall in area rivers and streams, led to flooding throughout the months to come. Rising waters caused damage to nearby structures and debris flow across river basins.

41. In April 2017 Major storm systems sweeping across the Ozarks brought flash flooding to Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois.

42. BIG NOR'EASTERS IN 2018

In March four nor'easters brought strong winds, pounding rain and historic snows to the eastern seaboard of the United States. The storms which hit on March 2nd, 7th, 13th, and 21st brought major impacts. Snowfall totals by the end of the month were well over 3 feet in some spots across the northeast while coastal locations dealt with several days of coastal flooding and erosion throughout the month. Incredibly, a fifth nor'easter formed late in March but was too far offshore to bring any ill effect to the eastern seaboard.

43. HURRICANE MATTHEW 2016

Matthew brought gusts nearing 100 mph to the coastal Carolinas in October 2016. It also dropped as much as 16.9 inches of rain in South Carolina, and 18.95 in North Carolina. It came barely a year after historic flooding dropped more than 20 inches on some spots in the Carolinas during October 2015, causing disastrous flooding. Rivers, particularly in North Carolina, crested at historic levels.


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