Major Winter Storm Ongoing in the Upper Midwest; Severe Weather Tonight from the Mid-South to the Ohio Valley

A major winter storm will continue to bring blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall, icing, and strong winds through Monday across the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes. A line of storms will be capable of producing widespread damaging winds, tornadoes, and some large hail from the Mid-South to the Ohio Valley and the Southeast through tonight, moving into the Mid-Atlantic Monday. Read More >

Top 10 Weather Events of 2008

Staff at the National Weather Service Lake Charles office were polled at the end of 2008 to determine what they felt were the Top 10 Weather Events of 2008, based on several factors, including severity of the weather event, degree of impact to the region, uniqueness of the meteorology, historical factors, etc. Below are the results of that poll, with links to webpages with more information on each weather event.

#1	HURRICANE IKE
#2	DECEMBER 11 RECORD SNOW
#3	HURRICANE GUSTAV
#4	MAY 15 TORNADO OUTBREAK
#5	JANUARY 19 WINTER STORM
#6	MAY 22 FLASH FLOODING
#7	MARCH 17 HIGH WINDS
#8	TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD
#9	DECEMBER 9 TORNADOES
#10	FEBRUARY 16 SEVERE WEATHER

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Major Winter Storm Ongoing in the Upper Midwest; Severe Weather Tonight from the Mid-South to the Ohio Valley

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