Agree Jon, this community has taken off during a period of time that this group typically has gone silent. It's very enjoyable coming in and talking weather AND whatever else is on our minds.
With that...I'll "Lett" this here for now.
1993 - was watching the game with family (about 25 of us) who all hated Dallas equally. We made so much commotion that neighbors came over to see if we were okay.
We were much more than okay at that point.
No way I win the contest - I was too far off on my guess for MDT, and that is the "hot spot" for this thread that people live and die for, so that removes me from contention.
Well that's exactly what I had been reading about the past few days - the likelihood of spinners was there, but that they would be weak, short-lived, and not pose a significant threat to personal property. That NJ tornado was a bonafide monster.
I think the rainfall was pretty well predicted overall - to me, a bit of a surprise was the apparent strength of some of the tornadic activity. Some very sad images coming out of neighboring states, particularly from New Jersey.