(🧵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)
(🧵of x) September was full of surprises and all. So now we can finally show them all to you in our September 2021 #WxWrapUp. (1/7)
Tropics: The WPac had 2 notable storms. Conson (Jolina) did some notable impacts to the Central Philippines. With damages estimates reaching $1B PH, it's likely the local name Jolina will be retired. We also had the monster typhoon Chanthu (Kiko) with winds up to 180mph. (2/7)
In the EPac, things were quiet with only 1 storm which was Olaf which hit Baja California Sur & hugged the coast. They were reported damages & 1 death unfortunately. It managed to reached C2 status before all was said & done. (3/7)
Admittedly, July had more stuff than June. Alot of material to cover & all. We will be happy to reveal them all in the #WxWrapUp for July 2021. (🧵 of 10; (1/10)
#Tropics: Elsa may have brought the memes, but the impacts were no laughing matter. Elsa nearly caused $1B in damages & effects were felt from Barbados to Greenland where it snowed. Elsa is the earliest "E" storm on record. (2/10)
The EPac had the furious Felicia which brought us a treat of an amazing annular structure. It was a very small tropical cyclone with the CDO extending out ~80mi in diameter. You can put Felicia in the eye of Typhoon In-fa because it was that small, and speaking of which... (3/10)
(🧵of 6) #DidYouKnow: The name #Ida has been used 19 times for a tropical cyclone? It’s been used:
Atlantic: 3
West Pacific: 13
SW Indian/AUS/SPac: 3
Here are the storms that were tagged the name Ida in this thread.
Atlantic: 1. Hurricane Ida ‘09 (C2) 2. Tropical Storm Ida ‘15 3. Hurricane Ida ‘21 (C4)
Also fun fact: Ida replaced Isabel as a TC name when it got retired. Should Ida get retired, that means all Female “I” names on the Atlantic naming list as been retired twice.
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West Pacific: 1. Typhoon Ida ‘45 (C1) 2. Typhoon Ida ‘50 (C1) 3. Super Typhoon Ida ‘54 (C5) 4. Super Typhoon Ida ‘58 (C5)
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And now, onto June 2021 where we also have some wild weather stories to share in our latest #WxWrapUp! (1/7)
#Tropics: The South Atlantic blew us out the water with a strong subtropical storm in the winter of the SHem. Raoni formed & strengthened to a windspeed of 60mph, the strongest since Eçaí, & the strongest pressure wise since Hurricane Catarina '04. Such a rare event. (2/7)
Other than that, the ATL was busy with 3 systems, Bill, Claudette, & Danny. Claudette caused some significant damage to the south with 14 deaths (deadliest tropical storm in US since Fay '08) & bringing a few tornadoes (stated in a later thread). (3/7)