Andy Wehrle
EF5
With the first ten years of the new millenium about to close out, let's take a look back at the major weather events in the CONUS from 2000 on, along with general thoughts and impressions of the year's weather.
Post what you remember most about each year, weather-wise. This should generally be from memory with minimal research (to double-check a date or location name spelling on an event you remember, not get a complete list of yearly events off Wikipedia).
Noteworthy events can include specific tornadoes/outbreaks, derechos, overall impressions of the chase season, significant tropical cyclones, major winter storms, floods, and significant heat/cold/precipitation anamolies.
I'll start with what I remember (keep in mind I was 13 when the decade started, I hadn't yet discovered most of the wealth of weather information and history available on the Internet, and a lot of it didn't exist yet).
2000 - 3/28 Fort Worth and 5/17 Brady, NE tornadoes but overall chase season was pretty blah.
2001 - Most significant tornado events were Hoisington, KS, Siren, WI and the 9/24 mid-Atlantic outbreak. Spring chase season was not exceptional but fall season was fairly active with 10/9 tornadoes in Oklahoma and 10/24 Ohio Valley derecho and tornadoes.
2002 - Another relatively slow chase year, La Plata, MD on 4/28 and Happy, TX on 5/5 were the deadliest tornadoes of the spring. Major outbreak on November 10.
2003 - 1st 10 Days of May but otherwise quiet chase season until the late June events in SD/NE.
2004 - Very active mid to late May chase season, an active tropical season brought the infamous "Florida Four," Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.
2005 - Chase season got off to a slow start until a flurry of activity in June made a great year for those chasers that could still be out there. Record Wisconsin tornado outbreak on 8/18 nearly hit my house. Absolutely astounding Atlantic tropical season brought a new catastrophe every week from late August through September, and a storm was still churning out there when the calendar rolled over to 2006. Unusually active November with numerous "Witch" type systems bringing winter storms on one side and deadly tornado outbreaks on the other.
2006 - Tornado season sucked on two counts with several destructive and deadly outbreaks during the period March 11 to April 7, then the activity dried up just in time for everybody's chase vacations.
2007 - Busy tornado season from late March through early May culminating in the incredible Greensburg event. Winter of 2007-08 was very snowy across the upper Midwest.
2008 - Another active tornado season, especially from late May through early June, including another EF5 at Parkersburg, IA. The repeated systems also contributed to record flooding across much of the upper Midwest in late spring, including Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and Illinois.
The tropical season was also active, with Hurricane Ike being the most significant US landfall.
A very snowy December in southern Wisconsin threatened the records set by the previous winter, until activity pretty much ceased with the onset off...
2009 - Will somebody hit the snooze alarm on this year please. It seems like you couldn't get active weather to save your life this year. A much below normal temperature anamoly has existed across the Midwest for essentially the entire summer from mid-June to now. Every day is pretty much the same, cool and sunny with fog in the morning. Great unless you like thunderstorms, which it has been far too dry for around here. Each system that promised something on the models has pretty much fizzled out when it actually arrived. While southern Wisconsin has been cool and dry, Illinois has been cool and wet.
The Atlantic tropical season isn't doing anything either, with Fred about to curve north and shear apart. I can't even armchair chase a hurricane this year.
Post what you remember most about each year, weather-wise. This should generally be from memory with minimal research (to double-check a date or location name spelling on an event you remember, not get a complete list of yearly events off Wikipedia).
Noteworthy events can include specific tornadoes/outbreaks, derechos, overall impressions of the chase season, significant tropical cyclones, major winter storms, floods, and significant heat/cold/precipitation anamolies.
I'll start with what I remember (keep in mind I was 13 when the decade started, I hadn't yet discovered most of the wealth of weather information and history available on the Internet, and a lot of it didn't exist yet).
2000 - 3/28 Fort Worth and 5/17 Brady, NE tornadoes but overall chase season was pretty blah.
2001 - Most significant tornado events were Hoisington, KS, Siren, WI and the 9/24 mid-Atlantic outbreak. Spring chase season was not exceptional but fall season was fairly active with 10/9 tornadoes in Oklahoma and 10/24 Ohio Valley derecho and tornadoes.
2002 - Another relatively slow chase year, La Plata, MD on 4/28 and Happy, TX on 5/5 were the deadliest tornadoes of the spring. Major outbreak on November 10.
2003 - 1st 10 Days of May but otherwise quiet chase season until the late June events in SD/NE.
2004 - Very active mid to late May chase season, an active tropical season brought the infamous "Florida Four," Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.
2005 - Chase season got off to a slow start until a flurry of activity in June made a great year for those chasers that could still be out there. Record Wisconsin tornado outbreak on 8/18 nearly hit my house. Absolutely astounding Atlantic tropical season brought a new catastrophe every week from late August through September, and a storm was still churning out there when the calendar rolled over to 2006. Unusually active November with numerous "Witch" type systems bringing winter storms on one side and deadly tornado outbreaks on the other.
2006 - Tornado season sucked on two counts with several destructive and deadly outbreaks during the period March 11 to April 7, then the activity dried up just in time for everybody's chase vacations.
2007 - Busy tornado season from late March through early May culminating in the incredible Greensburg event. Winter of 2007-08 was very snowy across the upper Midwest.
2008 - Another active tornado season, especially from late May through early June, including another EF5 at Parkersburg, IA. The repeated systems also contributed to record flooding across much of the upper Midwest in late spring, including Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and Illinois.
The tropical season was also active, with Hurricane Ike being the most significant US landfall.
A very snowy December in southern Wisconsin threatened the records set by the previous winter, until activity pretty much ceased with the onset off...
2009 - Will somebody hit the snooze alarm on this year please. It seems like you couldn't get active weather to save your life this year. A much below normal temperature anamoly has existed across the Midwest for essentially the entire summer from mid-June to now. Every day is pretty much the same, cool and sunny with fog in the morning. Great unless you like thunderstorms, which it has been far too dry for around here. Each system that promised something on the models has pretty much fizzled out when it actually arrived. While southern Wisconsin has been cool and dry, Illinois has been cool and wet.
The Atlantic tropical season isn't doing anything either, with Fred about to curve north and shear apart. I can't even armchair chase a hurricane this year.
