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Probably 3/9/98. After what had been a subpar winter, this storm was a late bloomer, with no expectations at all until about 12 hours before the storm. 12-15 inches with 30-40 mph winds, followed by a couple of days of intermittent lake effect squalls. Honorable mention would probably be severe weather on 3/2/12 & 5/30/04, and the heat and humidity of 7/14/95.

A personal favorite for me was a Feb. '95 lake effect event in South Bend. This was probably the most hyped lake effect storm I can remember, as I recall local stations putting out maps with 1-3' expected. We ended up with about 21 in. over 5 days, but the highlight was a Tuesday afternoon snow band that came through and dropped 5 inches in an hour. The darkest, heaviest snow clouds I've ever seen.

2019...Most notable would probably be the early October heat, with highs of 95, 94, 94 for the first 3 days of the month. For the decade...The year-long monsoon of 2011. The yearly rainfall record was broken in October, and eventually smashed by more than 15 inches. 73.28" was the final total, and while there weren't really any extreme events where we picked up 7 or 8 inches in one storm, it was just relentless bouts of rain, pretty much throughout the entire year. The most memorable single event would have to be the March 2012 tornado outbreak. The Crittenden-Piner EF4 rolled through about 10 miles south of here, and the whole day was just pretty surreal. A once-in-a-decade kind of day, where you just could sense that everything was in place for something pretty extraordinary to take place.