TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday September 9, 2016.
This is the 253rd day of the year, there are 113 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 1921 A dying tropical depression unloaded 38.2 inches of rain
upon the town of Thrall in southeastern Texas killing 224
persons. 36.4 inches fell in 18 hours.
In 1944 The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" ravaged the east coast.
The storm killed 22 persons and caused 63 million dollars
damage in the Chesapeake Bay area, then besieged New
England killing 390 persons and causing another 100
million dollars damage.
In 1971 Hurricane Ginger formed, and remained a hurricane until
the 5th of October. The 27 day life span was the longest
of record for any hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean.
In 1987 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S.
Thunderstorms in West Texas spawned four tornadoes in the
vicinity of Lubbock, and produced baseball size hail and
wind gusts to 81 mph at Ropesville. Thunderstorms
produced hail two inches in diameter at Downs KS and
Harvard NE, breaking car windows at Harvard.
In 1988 Florence became a hurricane and headed for the Central
Gulf Coast Region. Florence made landfall early the next
morning, passing over New Orleans LA. Winds gusts to 80
mph were recorded at an oil rig south of the Chandeleur
Islands. Wind gusts around New Orleans reached 61 mph.
Total property damage from Florence was estimated at 2.5
million dollars.
In 1989 The first snow of the season began to whiten the
mountains of Wyoming early in the morning, as for two
days a moist and unusually cold storm system affected the
state. By the morning of the 11th, a foot of snow
covered the ground at Burgess Junction. Thunderstorms
developing along a cold front crossing the Ohio Valley
produced severe weather in Indiana during the late
afternoon and early evening hours. Strong thunderstorm
winds blew down a tent at Palestine injuring seven
persons, and frequent lightning interrupted the Purdue
and Miami of Ohio football game, clearing the stands.
In 2009 Hurricane Fred became the second major hurricane of the
season; but what was unusual was that Fred was only the
third major hurricane noted east of 35 degrees west
longitude in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean...and the
strongest hurricane ever so far south and east. This
type of system would have been very difficult to
accurately observe before satellite pictures began in
the 1960s.
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