What is the most dramatic weather you have seen or experienced?

Question

For me, it was a hailstorm in South Lake Tahoe,CA in 1983. The hail actually accumulated like snow! It was very weird.

Answer 1

Thankfully nothing too dramatic .. the worst has just been hailstorms, gail force winds, storms, etc

Answer 2

Hurricane Charley - August 13th, 2004 (<<Friday the 13th!). I saw winds over 100mph with the storm in Orlando, FL as it swept through late that evening. Trees, power poles, billboards, shingles, and siding was down everywhere. Power and water services for my home were cut for over a week and it was pure h**l to experience. Outside temperatures in the 90s caused the interior to bake like an oven, and by day 4 or 5 I eventually had to give up and go to a hotel with electricity. What is really crazy is that my area then went on to experience 2 more hurricanes that year. Frances and Jeanne in September both brought a 24-hour period of tropical storm force sustained winds and hurricane force gusts to the Orlando region. Luckily I only lost power for a combined day and a half with those two storms and it was much more tolerable.

Answer 3

I'm a trained storm spotter for a local news station and I chase through tornado alley with some storm chaser friends. The biggest twister I've seen was an F4 but I've seen my fair share of others as well. :)

Answer 4

Got a good pic of the hurricane induced  tornado that hit Bowling Green, Va. during the outbreak Sept. 04. Was driving a propane bobtail delivery truck. After I snapped the shot I drove up to it and got about 2--300 yards from it to get another shot that would have been awsome if I hadnt run out of film of course. Pic I took was in the local Free Lance Star newspaper. Google it and enlarge it. It was a strong E-F 1 or possibly 2. Had a greenish color.

Answer 5

i saw'd a tornader once. it was biiiig.  it took my canoe from my garage and slammed it through my neighbors kitchen. it was a 1,200 dollar canoe too

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Hurricane Carmen, I think. The winds were so strong they bent trees over double in San Antonio, Texas hundreds of miles away from the coast where the hurricane landed. I was around  9 or 10, I don't really remember this event, but it sure traumatized my mom!

I do remember going out for a drive in bad weather and looking up into the clouds boiling overhead. I made it were I was going and the tornado developed and landed across town. I've had a number of near misses with weather and I'm still here!  Thank you God!

Answer 8

heavy wind, blowing everything and started to rain at the same time

Answer 9

I was on vacation in Florida during a hurricane. It was so terrifying, I can't even describe it...