JQPublic Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 that one time it was supposed to be sunny and then it rained. oooh that really burned my oil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Back in the mid 1980s there was supposed to be a potent Miller A on a Sunday night. Local Knoxville forecasters were predicted 12+ over most of East Tennessee. They were crawling alerts along bottom of the tv screens all afternoon. Thinking I'd get out of school, I spent the night with some friends and we stayed up all night with thoughts of sledding the next day. It didn't even rain. From 12+ snow to no precip in a 12 hour window. Still not sure what happened. Biggest bust in the positive direction was probably Dec 2009. But it was localized to my area. Forecast for a cold rain but for whatever reason some potent dynamics turned it to heavy snow right over my county and we picked up 8 inches, all of it falling at 34 degrees. Counties west of me also on the Plateau at the same elevation as me stayed rain, as did counties North of me in SE Ky. Something that doesn't happen very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goduke Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 The one that got wsoc met. Jeremy Riener fierd or he quit, im not sure. Late 90s or early 2ks i think it was. Forecast was for 8-12? We got nothing of coarse. I remember watching the weather the next morning and Jeremy said somthing like "I bet you all have a few words for me" haha! like ppl were calling him and cussing him out or somthing.Biggest bust I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 December 2000 was a huge bust in the Triangle area. Biggest bust around here that I can remember. January 2000 was the biggest bust on the positive side I've ever seen. Amazing storm. I know those two were mentioned above, but they're my top two anyway. Those are probably the biggest ones I can remember, too. Unfortunately, we have a lot more around here on the negative side than the positive side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 The January 2000 mega-snowstorm was by far the biggest bust I've ever seen. I recall the forecasts for Central NC the afternoon before were on the order of a couple of inches, then as the evening went on and ridiculous snowfall rates started up, the forecast was revised upward bit-by-bit for the rest of the night. When I woke up in the morning to nearly two feet of snow at my house, I thought I was looking out at a scene on Hoth from Empire Strikes Back. It was unreal. What was hilarious was that when I started college later that year, that storm was used as a case study in one of my classes to illustrate what can happen when the models have a VERY poor handle on what a storm is doing. Why can't that happen more often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bert1 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 March 2001 has to be one of the most epic busts of the last two decades.... I recall as a young-un having my NOAA Weather Cube in hand going to bed in Atlanta serenaded by Heavy Snow Warnings from Peachtree City only to wake to nothing...I can't recall the time very well though I am guessing Feb 1973...perhaps Larry can recall if Atl was thought to be getting that one beforehand...That was the worst one for me. Yea, It was Feb. 1973. I lived south of Augusta, GA, we got 16 inches......... http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/Feb1973.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 In our area, we've had a few busts. Gaston in 2004 was one. Not even on the radar the Friday afternoon before storm, just a little low pressure off our coast. Turned out to be worst storm since Floyd and still is worst now. Lost power for 72 hours and whole area was affected. Ernesto in '06 was a big bust. Got school out for the day, supposed to be a decent sized TS, and about 5 trees got knocked down in Charleston County. The pre-Thanksgiving snow in '06 was great for us. Was supposed to be a garden variety cold November rain, then the night before the mets said "maybe" a flurry. It turned out that some places like Daniel Island got close to 1", and this area came close to shutting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_Wedge_NC Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Let's not forget about the November 19th 2000 snowstorm. I believe there is a case study on it. It was supposed to be rain with a possible mix. It was all snow and it fell during the day. I picked up around 4 inches from that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsandhills Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 For me personally, it would have to be March 10th of 2008 while living just north of Little Rock. They forecasted 10". 10" in Ark in March!! We got maaaybe 1". Ugh I was about to throw a fit lol! That was at the beginning of my weather interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 For me it was Hazel. We had watched her grow up. Since the sixth grade we all knew the bust potential was amazing. In our senior year, it was achieved and exceeded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_Wedge_NC Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 For me it was Hazel. We had watched her grow up. Since the sixth grade we all knew the bust potential was amazing. In our senior year, it was achieved and exceeded. That must have been a thing of beauty to witness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 That must have been a thing of beauty to witness. Two of the most impressive mammaries memories of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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