"The biggest event of my life was the July 2012 microburst that went through my yard. Instant whiteout, 80 mph gusts if I had to guess, and nickle sized hail"
Those are the ones you remember. Short-lived, isolated, and intense. Happened to me when my daughter was an infant. Must have been 1994. Unclipping her car seat and heading into the store and said maybe I better wait this one out. All hell broke loose. Kind of like December 2005 although that wasn't that isolated.