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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain Across the Central US; Wintry Mix in the Northern Plains and Northeast

Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding are possible across the central U.S. through Saturday. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes are all possible. There is an increased threat for wildfire development in the southern to central High Plains. A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain are forecast across portions of the northern Plains and central New England into early Friday morning. Read More >

 

Top 10 Weather Events of 2008

 

 

Staff at the National Weather Service Lake Charles office were polled at the end of 2008 to determine what they felt were the Top 10 Weather Events of 2008, based on several factors, including severity of the weather event, degree of impact to the region, uniqueness of the meteorology, historical factors, etc.  Below are the results of that poll, with links to webpages with more information on each weather event.

#1 HURRICANE IKE
#2 DECEMBER 11 RECORD SNOW
#3 HURRICANE GUSTAV
#4 MAY 15 TORNADO OUTBREAK
#5 JANUARY 19 WINTER STORM
#6 MAY 22 FLASH FLOODING
#7 MARCH 17 HIGH WINDS
#8 TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD
#9 DECEMBER 9 TORNADOES
#10 FEBRUARY 16 SEVERE WEATHER