100 Biggest Weather Moments

100 Biggest Weather Moments

100 Biggest Weather Moments' title screen
Starring Host:
Harry Connick, Jr.
Other:
Various celebrity commentaries,
The Weather Channel's on-air meteorologists
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 5
Production
Running time approx. 1 hour per episode
Broadcast
Original channel The Weather Channel
Original run April 15, 2007 – April 19, 2007
External links
Website

100 Biggest Weather Moments is a 2007 five-part miniseries on The Weather Channel, that premiered on Sunday, April 15, and aired nightly through Thursday, April 19, the biggest documentary effort in The Weather Channel’s 25-year history.[1]

The series is hosted by Harry Connick, Jr. and counts down the top weather-related events with commentary from various celebrities. The collection of weather moments is the work of more than 120 meteorologists.[2]

Episode details

Ep. Moment #s Original Air Date Ep. length
1 100–78 April 15, 2007 1 hour
2 77–56 April 16, 2007
3 55–34 April 17, 2007
4 33–13 April 18, 2007
5 12–1 April 19, 2007

Weather moments

Episode #3

55. Wizard of Oz tornado
54. First tornado forecast
53. Domed Stadiums / Astroturf
52. Silent Spring
51. The Ice Bowl
50. Sun's relationship to earth
49. Battle of Long Island
48. Labor Day Hurricane
47. The Fujita scale
46. WWII and the jet stream
45. Peshtigo Fire
44. Speed and the wind tunnel
43. El Niño of the century
42. Hitler's march on Moscow
41. First cloud classification
40. Johnstown Flood
39. Hurricane Mitch
38. Hurricane hunters
37. Tree rings, ice cores and fossils
36. Rossby waves
35. The ozone hole
34. First TV Weather

Episode #5

12. Franklin Flies a Kite
11. UV Index
10. 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak
9. Flooding of 1927
8. Invention of the thermometer
7. Supercomputers
6. Air conditioning
5. Amazing Grace
4. First weather satellite
3. The D-Day invasion
2. Hurricane Katrina
1. Global warming

Personalities include

Promotion

Previews of the miniseries were shown at a virtual "weather island" created by The Weather Channel, in the virtual world Second Life. The Weather Channel wanted to test the effectiveness of advertising in online communities. According to AP, the station looked at it as an opportunity, and hoped that by getting in early, it could become an established leader in that environment.

The Weather Channel donated $75,000 to Musicians' Village, to date the biggest home-rebuilding project in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Connick and saxophonist Branford Marsalis came up with the idea for the village in 2005, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. The Weather Channel also ran public service announcements about the Musicians' Village.

The TV Guide Channel, as part of its shows Watch This and 411, featured interviews with participants of the miniseries. The TV Guide had placements of The Weather Channel's logo, and the TV Guide website hosted 100 Biggest Weather Moments banner ads.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The Weather Channel Unveils Number One Weather Moment: Global Warming, Business Wire, April 19, 2007
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Associated Press (April 9, 2007). "Big ‘Moments’ In Forecast". broadcastnewsroom.com. Retrieved April 21, 2007.
  3. ↑ 100 Biggest Weather Moments, The Weather Channel

External links