TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday April 17, 2016.
This is the 108th day of the year, there are 258 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 1922 A family of at least six tornadoes caused death and
destruction along parts of a 210 mile path from north of
Ogden IL to Allen County OH, killing sixteen persons.
A post card, picked up in Madison County IN, was found
124 miles away near Mount Cory OH.
In 1953 One of the few severe hailstorms accompanied by snow,
sleet, glaze, and rain, pelted parts of Kay, Osage,
Creek, Tulsa, Washington, and Rogers Counties in
northeastern Oklahoma late in the day. Nearly 10,000
insurance claims were filed.
In 1965 The Mississippi River reached a flood crest at Saint Paul MN
four feet higher than any previous mark. During the next 2
weeks, record levels were reached along the Mississippi
between Saint Paul and Hannibal MO. Flooding caused more
than 100 million dollars damage, but timely warnings kept
the death toll down to just twelve persons.
In 1987 Twenty-two cities in the central U.S. reported new record
high temperatures for the date. Temperatures warmed into
the 70s and 80s from the High Plains Region to the
Mississippi Valley, with readings in the low 90s reported
in the Southern Plains Region. Tulsa OK hit 92 degrees.
In 1988 Heavy snow blanketed northern Arizona. Snowfall totals
ranged up to 16 inches at Pinetop, with 10 inches reported
at Flagstaff. Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of
tornadoes in Idaho.
In 1989 Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Missoula MT was
blanketed with four inches of snow, and Glasgow MT reported
a record cold morning low of 14 degrees above zero.
In 1990 High winds in northern Utah, gusting to 90 mph in Weber
County, blew a trampoline through a living room window, and
strong winds associated with a cold front crossing the
Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 75 mph in the
Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. Unseasonably cold weather
prevailed in the north central U.S. Valentine NE was the
cold spot in the nation with a record low of 10 degrees.
In 2013 (17th-18th) From winter snow to severe storms, a wide range
of weather was occurring across the county. In portions of
the Upper Midwest, heavy snow was falling in portions of
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin,
among other areas. Further south into Texas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, among other
areas...severe weather was the rule, with several reports
of tornadoes, large hail, damaging wind, and flooding rain.
There was a 40 degree temperature contrast on either side
side of the cold front in many areas.
--- GTMail 1.26
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org - GT Power 20 (1:19/33.0)
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