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Title: Storms of the 21st Century
Post by: Lightning on July 06, 2013, 06:55:20 PM

As many (or at least, some) may remember, at the end of 1999, The Weather Channel had people voting for the top storms of the 20th century. The Superstorm of 1993, the April 3-4, 1974 super tornado outbreak, and the Galveston, Texas 1900 hurricane were some that made the top 5.

Although we are only 14 years into this century, what storms would be your pick as to the top 5 storms of this century, 2000-present? Here are some of my examples to choose from and it doesn't have to be on this list here to be picked for your top 5, but these are the options and remind me if I forget any:

Hurricane Katrina 2005

Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy 2012

Super tornado outbreak April 25-28, 2011

Camilla, Georgia tornado February 14, 2000

Presidents' Day blizzard February 16-17, 2003

Hurricane Charley, August 13th, 2004, Southwestern Florida

Veterans Day tornado outbreak, November 10-11, 2002

Ft. Worth, Texas tornado - March 2000

Kansas City, MO area and many other locations from OK to AL tornado outbreak, May 4-10, 2003

Hurricane Ivan, September 16th, 2004, Alabama, Florida panhandle

Greensburg, Kansas EF5 tornado May 4th, 2007

Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak, February 5th-6th, 2008

Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado, May 2011

Groundhog Day blizzard, February 1-3, 2011

Southern Winter Storm, January 9-10, 2011

Title: Re: Storms of the 21st Century
Post by: toxictwister00 on July 06, 2013, 07:25:47 PM

A lot of wacky weather events have occurred over the past 13 years of this century, so I couldn't settle on 5, I chose 10.

(Not rated in any particular order)

1. Hurricane Katrina
2. Southeastern US January 9-11, 2011 Winterstorm (Snowjam 2011)
3. June/July 2012 & August 2007 Heatwave (tied)
4. May 2013 Moore, OK Tornado & May 2011 Joplin, MO Tornado (tied)
5. March 2008 Atlanta, GA tornado
6. Hurricane Sandy
7. February 2013 Northeastern Blizzard
8. North Georgia January 2000 Icestorm & Great North Georgia Flood of 2009 (tied)
9. Groundhog Day 2011 Blizzard
10. Super Tornado Outbreak of 2011

EDIT: I picked out a top 5, the ones highlighted in bold.

Title: Re: Storms of the 21st Century
Post by: Mr. Rainman on July 06, 2013, 08:10:13 PM

In no particular order:

1. Hurricane Katrina
2. Hurricane Sandy
3. Super Tornado Outbreak April 25-28
4. El Reno Tornado, May 2013
5. Joplin Tornado, May 2011