WECT TV6 - WECT.com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - What are your top weather stories of 2009?
Member Center:
Posted by Robb Ellis - email | bio
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - This year has seen plenty of big weather-related stories, and we're going to count them down at the end of December.
We want to know what you think. Respond to our poll on what you think is the biggest weather related story of 2009.
Here are the big weather stories of the year, in chronological order.
January 20th Snow - NWS report Jan 20th
1 inch in Wilmington, up to 4 inches in Bladen County. Most snow since 2003.
Clarkton & White Lake Tornadoes - WECT.com story Mar 27th
EF2 & EF0, Twisted Hickory Rd
Bladen & Brunswick County Tornadoes - NWS report Apr 6th
EF2 near Clarkton, EF1 near Longwood
Horry County Wildfire - WMBF reports Apr 22nd
76 Houses destroyed, 100 damaged, 20k acres burned
Bladen County Microburst - WECT.com story Jun 15th
Several homes damaged, woman rescued from home.
Wilmington Flash Flood - WECT.com story July 6th
6-10 inches of rain in 3 hours. New Center, College under water
Deadly Parasailing Accident - WECT.com story Aug 28th
2 dead, Strong winds with squalls from TS Danny offshore
Pender County Flooding - WECT.com story Sep 7th
8-10" of rain, several roads flooded and closed
Wrightsville Beach Lightning Death - WECT.com story Sep 25th
UNCW student killed by lightning while surfing
"Nor'Ida" - WECT.com story Nov 12th
5-9" of rain across the area, gusts to 40 from the Nor'Easter/remnants of Hurricane Ida
Copyright 2009 WECT. All rights reserved.
Comments Terms of Use: We welcome your participation in our community. Please keep your comments civil and on point. Notify us of any inappropriate comments by clicking the “Mark as Offensive” link. You must be at least 13 years of age to post comments. By submitting a comment, you agree to these
Terms of Service
You must be logged in to leave a comment. Login or register See all comments |
