TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday April 9, 2015.
This is the 99th day of the year, there are 266 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 1877 Oregon Inlet NC was widened three quarters of a mile by a
nor'easter.
In 1947 A tornado struck Woodward OK during the late evening killing
95 persons and causing six million dollars damage. The
tornado, one to two miles in width, and traveling at a speed
of 68 mph, killed a total of 167 persons along its 221 mile
path from Texas into Kansas, injured 980 others, and caused
nearly ten million dollars damage. A man looking out his
front door was swept by a tornado from his home near Higgins
TX and carried two hundred feet over trees. The bodies of
two people, thought to be together at Glazier TX, were found
three miles apart.
In 1977 A storm brought 15.5 inches of rain to Jolo WV in 30 hours.
In 1987 International Falls MN reported their sixth straight record
high for the date, with a reading of 77 degrees. A cold
front ushering sharply colder weather into the north central
U.S. produced wind gusts to 60 mph at Glasgow MT.
In 1988 Residents of Sioux City IA awoke to find two inches of snow
on the ground following a record high temperature of 88
degrees the previous afternoon.
In 1989 Eighteen cities in the southwestern U.S. reported new record
high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 80
degrees at Eureka CA established a record for the month of
April.
In 1990 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
severe weather from the Central High Plains to Arkansas
and northern Texas. Severe thunderstorms spawned five
tornadoes, and there were seventy reports of large hail
and damaging winds. A tornado injured four persons at
Ardmore OK, and thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 70
mph at Kellyville OK, and hail three inches in diameter
at Halmstead KS.
In 1991 A squall line of severe thunderstorms, with gusts up to 110
mph, raced across West Virginia, leaving $16 million damage.
In 2003 Snow flurries fell in Little Rock for the first April snow
since April 19, 1983...which is the latest measurable snow
in Little Rock. The flurries melted as they hit the ground,
so no accumulation resulted...as has been the case with all
April snows in Little Rock.
In 2004 Typhoon Sudal moved between Yap and Ngulu in the
western Pacific Ocean, with 125 mph winds. Damaging
winds also occurred on the island of Ulithi. The
island of Yap was in the eyewall for a time, with]
sustained winds of 75-100 mph, with gusts to 120
mph. Sudal would become a Super Typhoon after moving
away from the islands.
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