Indeed Feb '83. I remember the 11pm newscast that Thursday night. I beleive he was forecasting 6 - 8". But I distinctly remember him saying "kids, you better do your homework." I was so deflated. That next morning I woke up around 7 AM and there was probably 7 - 8 inches already on the ground. We ended up with 32" by 5 PM that day.
And we didn't go back to school for a week.