TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday November 4, 2016.
This is the 309th day of the year, there are 57 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 1927 A great Vermont flood occurred. Tropical rains deluged
the Green Mountain area of Vermont causing the worst
flood in the history of the state. Torrential rains, up
to 15 inches in the higher elevations, sent streams on a
rampage devastating the Winooski Valley. Flooding
claimed 200 lives and caused 40 million dollars damage.
The town of Vernon reported 84 deaths. Flooding left up
to eight to ten feet of water in downtown Montpelier VT.
(2nd-4th)
In 1979 100 mph chinook winds roared east of the Rockies in MT
and CO. In Boulder, winds blew from zephyrs to 90 mph in
seconds.
In 1985 A super wet Gulf storm dumped upwards of fifteen inches
of rain in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia
causing devastating damage and claiming forty lives.
In 1987 Thirty-two cities in the eastern and south central U.S.
reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of
74 degrees at Portland ME and 86 degrees at Fort Smith AR
equalled November records. It was the fourth day of
record warmth for Beckley WV, Memphi TN and Paducah KY.
A cold front ushered much colder air into the north
central U.S. Gale force winds lashed all five Great
Lakes.
In 1988 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a fast moving cold
front produced severe weather over the Tennessee Valley
and the Central Gulf Coast States during the afternoon
and evening hours, and into the next morning. Thunder-
storms spawned nineteen tornadoes, including eleven in
Mississippi. The last of the nineteen tornadoes killed
a woman in her mobile home in Lee FL. A tornado in
Culbert AL injured sixteen people, and caused two million
dollars damage. Thunderstorms also produced baseball
size hail in Alabama. Unseasonably hot air prevailed
south of the cold front. McAllen TX was the hot spot in
the nation with a high of 102 degrees.
In 1989 Snow and high winds plagued parts of Colorado and
Wyoming. Winds gusted to 71 mph near Wheatland WY,
and reached 80 mph west of Fort Collins CO. Up to five
inches of snow blanketed Yellowstone Park WY closing many
roads. Snow also blanketed northern Minnesota, with
seven inches reported at Baudette.
In 2001 Hurricane Michelle, the strongest of the 2001 Hurricane
Season, slammed into southern Cuba with 135 mph winds.
Originally a tropical depression off the coast of
Nicauragua and Honduras several days earlier, Michelle
rapidly intensified over the northwest Caribbean Sea.
After crossing Cuba, she skirted the Florida Keys, and
hit the Bahamas before heading into the Atlantic Ocean
toward Bermuda.
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