One of the highlights of my undergraduate synoptic meteorology course at Oklahoma was the first three weeks — the “all-star soundings,” our individual presentations of notable weather events which had classic signatures on the Skew-T diagram.  Dr. Kenneth Crawford was one of the best teachers I ever had, and I loved this part of his course so much that I’ve kept the name and tried to carry on the tradition.

This post is simply a way for me to keep track of all the events I’ve collected on my “all-star” list.  I’ll come back and add more as I find them, as people suggest them, etc.  Don’t hesitate to submit your own: by sharing this list publicly I want to make it more of a community effort.  Ideally, while the events from pre-2005-ish are good, there is much more data available online for those that are more recent; I’m most interested in those.

As of right now, the entries don’t have a common format–I’ll change that later.  I might even add links.  They are sorted only by date and season, the way it was when I was a student.  Old habits die hard.

Cool Season Soundings

• IAD 12 UTC 03/13/1993 – “Storm of the Century”
• HAT 12 UTC 03/13/1993 – “Storm of the Century”
• BNA 12 UTC 03/13/1993 – “Storm of the Century”
• INL 12 UTC 02/02/1996 – Arctic Air Outbreak
• LCH 00Z 01/13/1997 – Ice Storm
• WMW 00 UTC 01/06/1998 – Ice Storm
• Buffalo – Lake Effect Snow Christmas 2001
• CRP 12 UTC 12/25/2004 White Christmas in South Texas
• JAN 15 UTC 12/11/2008 – Deep South Snow/Heavy Rain
• OKX 00 UTC 12/27/2010 – NY Blizzard with Thundersnow
• DNR 12 UTC 12/22/2011 – Upslope Snow
• January 2014 – the “Polar Vortex” Cold Air Outbreak
• February 2014 Southeast Ice Storm
• Buffalo Record Lake Effect Snow – November 2014

Warm Season Soundings

• CKL 12 UTC 03/27/1994 – Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
• TOP 00 UTC 04/11/2001 – Hailstorm
• LIX 06 UTC 08/29/2005 – Hurricane Katrina
• JAX 00 UTC 08/22/2008 – Tropical Storm Fay
• LCH 12 UTC 09/13/2008 – Hurricane Ike
• JAN 18 UTC 04/24/2010 – Yazoo City, MS Tornado
• BMX 18 UTC 04/27/2011 – April Tornado Outbreak
• SGF 00 UTC 05/23/2011 – Joplin Tornado
• ILN 00 UTC 05/26/2011 – Indiana Tornadoes
• ILX 00 UTC 07/12/2011 – Derecho
• Hurricane Irene – August 2011
• High Risk / Ohio Valley Tornado Outbreak – March 2012
• OUN 00 UTC 08/04/12 – Plains Heat Wave
• Wildfire in Arizona – June 2013
• Colorado Record Flooding – September 2013
• Detroit Flooding August 2014
• Calbuco Eruption, Chile – April 2015
• CRP 12 UTC 10/30/2015 – Record TX Rainfall