Matt Padgett pointed out that the 1974 Superoutbreak is not the only significant Alabama weather event on April 3rd.
He is right. I think JB is going to make a post soon, but I had to throw in my memories.
I was the Executive Manager of the Sheraton Perimeter Hotel. I lived on Montclair Road.
We were right on the borderline of a rain/snow event in Central Alabama during the night of April 2-3. I checked the Weatheradio right before retiring. The last words that I heard before shutting the radio off and going to bed were “temperatures are expected to rise during the night and the precipitation should fall as rain.”
I had no snow plans in place at the hotel. No team members staying over in case roads were slippery. No one in house to work the desk, or cook breakfast, etc.
About 4 a.m., I awakened. The world was craziliy still and silent. And bright. Even through the drapes, it was very, very bright.
I got up and looked out the window. I could not even see my car for all the snow. Deep snow.
I quickly dressed and jumped in my little Pontiac Sunbird. I had very little trouble reaching the hotel despite the nearly one half foot of snow that was on the ground.
Officially at the Airport, we measured five inches of snow. It was melted by early afternoon.
It was the surprise snow of 1987.
