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March 12, 1993 - The Storm of the Century
Posted on 3/12/21 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 3/12/21 at 5:08 pm
The largest winter storm on record began impacting the United States when the low made landfall along the Gulf Coast on the night of March 12, 1993. The state of Alabama and much of the Deep South was blanketed by snow that night. In central Florida, there was an outbreak of violent tornadoes. When central Alabama woke up on March 13, much of the area had well over a foot of snow on the ground.
I was five years old but I remember that night very vividly. Dad opened the blinds of the door to our back porch and I remember seeing a total whiteout. What was crazy was the thunder and lightning that often lit up the snow flurries that were whipping around in the tremendous wind gusts. We were without power for at least a week.
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I was five years old but I remember that night very vividly. Dad opened the blinds of the door to our back porch and I remember seeing a total whiteout. What was crazy was the thunder and lightning that often lit up the snow flurries that were whipping around in the tremendous wind gusts. We were without power for at least a week.
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Posted on 3/12/21 at 6:52 pm to RollTide1987
I remember this storm very well. We were going to Gatlinburg for spring break, and decided to leave a day early to get down there, hoping that the snow would go north of there. It didn't. We were snowed into our hotel for 4 days. Found a couple of restaurants open to eat, but had to walk there. 
Posted on 3/13/21 at 1:24 am to RollTide1987
Yep, it was great.
Got snowed-in while on a ski trip to Snowshoe in West Virginia. Seems like it was 57" of fresh white powder. First couple days you could leave heading north but nowhere to the south. And since the next week's reservations couldn't get in we were forced into staying. Looked real bad in B'ham from the hot tub.
Got snowed-in while on a ski trip to Snowshoe in West Virginia. Seems like it was 57" of fresh white powder. First couple days you could leave heading north but nowhere to the south. And since the next week's reservations couldn't get in we were forced into staying. Looked real bad in B'ham from the hot tub.
Posted on 3/13/21 at 10:25 am to RollTide1987
We lived in Tuscaloosa at that time. That was the Mother of all Snows during my lifetime.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 7:25 am to RollTide1987
I was sixteen at the time. Got in around 1 or 2 from a party and it was pouring rain and cold but not freezing.
We owned a convenience store in a rural area East of Atlanta and my Mom wakes me up about 8:00 to go help my Dad. I asked what the deal was (I wasn’t due in until 2:00) and she said we were covered up with snow. I got up and looked to see more snow on the ground than I had ever seen, or have seen since in my forty four years on this earth.
We owned a convenience store in a rural area East of Atlanta and my Mom wakes me up about 8:00 to go help my Dad. I asked what the deal was (I wasn’t due in until 2:00) and she said we were covered up with snow. I got up and looked to see more snow on the ground than I had ever seen, or have seen since in my forty four years on this earth.
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