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Miserable March
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Fountainguy97
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NAM has a nice snow up in VA. 
march 12th 2017 was the last 1 inch snow CAE had how ironic lol
Webberweather53
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In light of this being the 40th anniversary of the March 1980 blizzard, I've reanalyzed this storm's snowfall totals in NC. I merged information from the popular statewide map from NWS RAH and data from the NC State Climate Office, NWS MHX's case study analysis, SERCC, & NCEI's IPS, in addition to personal accounts of the storm. Cherry point & Emerald Isle on the SE Coast of NC picked up a whopping 30" from this storm.
Special thanks to @Downeastnc & @tramadoc for their recounts of this storm and totals. I definitely believe at least 20" fell in Greenville & a swath of >2" started around the Va border in extreme NE NC and extended well into SE VA.
Special thanks to @Downeastnc & @tramadoc for their recounts of this storm and totals. I definitely believe at least 20" fell in Greenville & a swath of >2" started around the Va border in extreme NE NC and extended well into SE VA.
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BHS1975
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I lived across from Emerald Isle in Cape Carteret and I remember a red wagon I had in the front yard was buried with just a bit of the handle sticking out and the drifts where 6+ ft which buried our car which was a red Vega. There was also plenty of thunder and lightning. I was 4 and a half at the time.
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Had this been a Miller A snowstorm, it would have trended to rain for the majority of this board. Brutal NW trend 
Downeastnc
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This map is much more believable than the "official" one....my folks got pictures somewhere of this storm and us in the yard with our snow fort etc....if I can find them I will share....
Maybe some hailers tommorow in NC/SC, that’s a lot of flow aloft around 5-8km 
Webberweather53
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Lmfao we're trending back towards severe weather again.
Lol this forecast in just 3 days has gone from severe >>> flooding >>> dry (snow ? [x] doubt) >>> flooding (again) >>> severe ?
tennessee storm
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Looks to be some good hailers today across west tenn later this afternoon evening
ThE nW tReNd IsN’t A rEaL tHiNg
Yeah the hrrr ain’t pretty showing 60+ DBZs, could see some golf ball size hail reports today
Holy mf ----, look at dat hodo !!!! Low level wind energy is so strong it’s raising STP/SPC values in areas that has a inversion and temps in the 40s (NC/SC border) !!!!! 
Webberweather53
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Nice weak in-situ CAD dome evident here too, definitely could provide some additional low-level shear to any storm that manages to develop up this way. We're gonna need the NW trend on the GFS to continue for a while longer...
If any part of warm sector makes it into that, it’s gonna be a big issue, lol
Shiloh, in southern Camden County had exactly 28” of snow that storm. Most of Camden County was between 28-30” with the exception being the farthest southern point, Camden Point Shores which had 25”. You did a great job with this update. Much more true to form than the ones we see from time to time.
Oh heck yes. Much more accurate.
Correct me if I’m wrong but is this not the only time other than February 1899, that all of both North and South Carolina had at least 1 inch of snow on the ground?
Webberweather53
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Almost all of the Carolinas had 1" of snow on the ground, areas west & southwest of Charleston SC near the GA border only received trace amounts
Webberweather53
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Downeastnc
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That was a hell of a storm to put measurable snow down over the entire states of SC/NC....
I was 9 then and 18" is spot on what I remember here, but the drifts were 3' and I recall digging a tunnel through a drift in our front yard. Man to have another like that one
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I was 7 in 1980 and living in Duck, NC (Northern OBX). My father recorded 18” at our house with drifts over 3’. I’ve often wondered if the lesser totals just south of Duck (Kitty Hawk, KDH, Manteo) we’re legit. If so, there was a crazy gradient.
There was even a little ZR from that even way down in SAV! And the high that day was below 32!
Downeastnc
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Since we are talking about historic March weather this month has tons of tornados, coming up on the anniversary of what I consider one of the scarier looking tornado's in NC history the Stoneville F3...…they don't get much more classic that that....
GeorgiaGirl
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My dad had to write a "diary" for his senior year of high school. In early March 1980, from what I remember from reading it, I believe I saw him write about them going to take some family members home from the airport, and there was sleet beginning to pelt the car, and on the next day (which was this day 40 years ago I believe) there was 2 inches of snow on the ground and it didn't get above freezing. This was Columbia County, GA.
Just looking at this and pulling up some info about this storm, that must have been one heck of a CAD. Heavy Snow with blizzard conditions to the Carolina coast in March with temperatures in the teens is amazing
Iceagewhereartthou
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Upstate min I see, just par for the course!
Hrrr lost the severe weather threat tommorow
BufordWX
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Another rainy day in 2020.
Started out a bit chilly at 38 but rose to about 49-51 and has stayed in that range all day. Have had waves of light to moderate rain since late morning.
Finally about 30 minutes ago on my ride home it was already somewhat foggy until I ran into a pretty heavy downpour. Visibility was so bad we were going about 5-10 mph. Luckily, it didn’t last longer then 2-3 minutes but heavy rain coupled with fog at night time is a bad bad combo on the road.
Overall rain totals have been pretty decent so far with .63 inches so far. Looking at radar might squeeze our a bit more rain over the next couple of hours so the final total for this wave should be about 3/4 of an inch. After that looks like another batch of rain moves in during the mid-late morning. Can’t wait
Started out a bit chilly at 38 but rose to about 49-51 and has stayed in that range all day. Have had waves of light to moderate rain since late morning.
Finally about 30 minutes ago on my ride home it was already somewhat foggy until I ran into a pretty heavy downpour. Visibility was so bad we were going about 5-10 mph. Luckily, it didn’t last longer then 2-3 minutes but heavy rain coupled with fog at night time is a bad bad combo on the road.
Overall rain totals have been pretty decent so far with .63 inches so far. Looking at radar might squeeze our a bit more rain over the next couple of hours so the final total for this wave should be about 3/4 of an inch. After that looks like another batch of rain moves in during the mid-late morning. Can’t wait
BufordWX
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FFC made a mistake in dropping the chance of thunder overnight in the evening update. Several thunderstorms going on currently north of Atlanta.
Brent
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my snow in Boston seems to be trending the wrong way lol oh well
Where's that NW trend now
Where's that NW trend now
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Lol, it's sad when we can't even chase a good stormmy snow in Boston seems to be trending the wrong way lol oh well
Where's that NW trend now
Brent
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lol I can't complain too much about my out of town trips since January, I've seen snow twice this winter that way and had kind of given up on seeing more honestly(even in Boston its been lame for weeks) but it would be cool to go 3 for 3 while seeing zero at home(and winter is definitely over here)
Not ruling it out yet but the trends today have definitely been bad
Potent line passing through right now. Got my attention. Strong wind coupled with heavy rain 
Laid down some rain totals in a hurry here. Theres a river running through my yard. The rich get richer 
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Ground truth here. Wasn’t expecting that wind
Yeah it was absolutely pouring here for a bit. 1.19 for the day and more to come