TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday April 4, 2016.
This is the 95th day of the year, there are 271 days left.
On this day...
Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
In 1804 A large tornado crossed six Georgia counties killing at
least eleven persons near Augusta.
In 1933 Pigeon River Bridge MN reported 28 inches of snow, which
established the state 24 hour snowfall record. (4th-5th)
In 1973 Sandia Crest NM reported a snow depth of 95 inches, a record
for the state of New Mexico.
In 1983 Colorado was in the midst of a three day winter storm.
Buckhorn Mountain, located west of Fort Collins, received
64 inches of snow.
In 1987 Rains of five to eight inches drenched eastern New York
State, and ten persons were killed in a bridge collapse
over Schoharie Creek.
In 1988 Sunny and warm weather prevailed across the nation.
Fort Smith AR reported a record high of 90 degrees.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower
Mississippi Valley to the Southern Appalachians. The
thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes, including one
which caused two million dollars damage at Baldwin AL.
Thunderstorm winds gusted to 90 mph at Bremen GA.
In 1990 A deep low pressure system in northern New York State
brought heavy snow to parts of western and central New York
during the day. The snowfall total of 5.8 inches at Buffalo
was a record for the date, and 9.5 inches was reported at
Rochester. Snowfall totals ranged up to 11 inches at Warsaw.
In 2004 (3rd-4th) Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain pounded
New Mexico and west and southwest Texas. On the 4th,
rainfall rates over parts of south Texas reached 2-4
inches per hour. In Toyah, TX...40 of the 100 residents
had to be evacuated, when the Arroyos and Raines that
carve up the land, filled all at once, breaking an
earthen dam, and sending a 3 foot wall of water through
the town. Water still 18 inches deep covered the streets
late in the day.
In 2011 Severe weather affected much of Arkansas, primarily south
of a Mena to Jonesboro line. Damaging winds was the main
severe weather occurrence, but there was a tornado near
Texarkana.
--- GTMail 1.26
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org - GT Power 20 (1:19/33.0)
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