But this season's storm, which produced a lot of snow for the Northeast, is nothing compared to the March 12, 1993 storm, which several people labeled "The Storm of the Century".

Unless it's your home.In eastern Henderson County, a fire lookout tower crowns the summit … The animated series has an episode from 1993 which appears … "The Simpsons" have continued their streak of being our pop culture Nostradamus.

The Storm of the Century. The '93 Superstorm. Both storms resulted in loss of life and societal and economic impact that were very significant.

Weatherman called it "the storm of the century."


So when a winter storm blows in, a high-elevation mountaintop might seem like the most unappealing place to venture. The No-Name Storm. 1993 brought storm of century ... with much of that predicted to fall as sleet and freezing rain.

As you can imagine, "The Storm of the Century," which was also known as the "93 Superstorm" and the "Great Blizzard of 1993, caused lots of headache on Alabama's roadways. Snow and ice makes traveling treacherous; frigid temperatures and bone-chilling winds force most of us indoors. These are all monikers for the storm that holds the record as the worst winter storm …
As a result, the March 1993 and January 1996 snowstorms, 2 of the most significant winter storm events to affect the most heavily populated region of the nation during the present decade, were predicted with a remarkable degree of success.

In 1993 I was working in Wisconsin as the State Climatologist watching an incredible storm forecast for the Southeast with my husband John Knox, Birmingham AL native. Some people were even left … Documentary about a tremendous storm that assaulted North America in March of 1993, spawning devastating thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning, storm surges and huge blizzards. The forecast was one of the best the National Weather Service at the time ever made, and the severity of the storm was well predicted far ahead. Winter weather will soon be returning to Western North Carolina. The Great Blizzard of 1993. Looks at how severe weather is predicted and what scientists predict for the 25 years ago, 'Storm of the Century' blasted Western North Carolina.