(🧵of 9) August was that month that literally went ham on us. So today, we will be reviewing that in our #WxWrapUp for August 2021!
(NOTE: Some events in this review occurred in September however, due to the main event starting in late August, we will be adding that here.) (1/9)
Tropics: The ATL went crazy, especially with 1 of Louisiana's worst hurricanes to impact the state. Ida ruined many communities with its destructive winds & storm surge flooding. And we can still see recovery efforts underway still. It's 1 of 7 LA landfalls within 3 years. (2/9)
Ida is the deadliest TC in the Lower 48 since Harvey '17 with 95 dead. As of now, it's the 6th costliest TC worldwide on record sitting at nearly $65B. Our hearts still go out to the victims of this monster we had & hoping the folks there have a safe recovery. (3/9)
We also had other notable storms. Fred was a severe tropical storm that ran up the eastern USA, Grace making its Veracruz landfall, the strongest in the state since Karl '10, Henri battering the NE USA with its heavy rains, & in the EPac, Linda churning as a nice C4. (4/9)
SevereWx: Towards the end of Aug. We had a significant outbreak from Ida. NJ/PA had its 1st tornado emergency & the 1st TOR-E one from a TC/remnants of one. An EF3 tore through Mullica Hill, NJ, causing major damages. Overall 1 had died from the outbreak. (5/9)
In the Midwest, we had a fair share of tornadoes. IL saw a good bit. A bunch of storm chasers documented this event. There was also an EF2 that destroyed a barn in Sharon, ND & an EF3 in Boscobel, WI. (6/9)
On an international note, we had a few sig-TORs in Canada with 3 in ON & 1 in SK. Then we had strong tornadoes impact E Russia. And we had an F2 to strike Berumerfehn, Germany. (7/9)
OtherWx: Two major floods took place in the US. A large deadly flood in TN killed 20 with raintotals piling up to 10-15in. It was TN's deadliest weather disaster since the Cookeville EF4 '20. Ex-Ida also flooded much of the NE killing dozens as well. (8/9)
And the Dixie Fire raged unbelievably strong, becoming the largest single wildfire in CA state history. Places all over the west had the worst air quality in the world, such as Salt Lake City. This fire caused the most expensive fire-suppression in state history. (9/9)
Some of the photos used were from the following: @Reuters, @orlandosentinel, @RadarOmega, @JTMediaOH, @WeatherSarov1, & more.
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