TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Tuesday May 2, 2017.
This is the 122nd day of the year, there are 243 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 1899 A storm buried Havre MT under an all-time record of 24.8
inches of snow. The water equivalent of 2.48 inches
established a record 24 hour total for May.
In 1920 A swarm of tornadoes in Rogers, Mayes and Cherokee
Counties in Oklahoma killed 64 persons.
In 1929 Virginia's worst tornado disaster occurred. Six tornadoes,
two west of the Blue Mountains, killed 22 people. Twelve
children and a teacher were killed at Rye Cove, in Scott
County. Four schools were destroyed by the storms.
In 1982 The Weather Channel (R) goes on the air as a 24 hour
cable weather network.
In 1983 Severe thunderstorms spawned twenty tornadoes across
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York State. The
tornadoes caused five deaths.
In 1987 Thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley produced
golf ball size hail in northern Louisiana, and wind gusts
to 77 mph at Lake Providence LA. Thunderstorms in
Arkansas produced 4.20 inches of rain at Arkadelphia and
4.00 inches at Bismarck.
In 1988 A powerful storm produced snow and high winds in the
Central Rockies and the Central High Plains Region.
Snowfall totals in Colorado ranged up to 12 inches at
Strasburg, and winds in southeastern Colorado gusted to
87 mph at Lamar. Snow and high winds created blizzard
conditions in eastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming.
In 1989 Thunderstorms developing to the north of a warm front
produced severe weather in Oklahoma and Texas. There
were 93 reports of severe weather. Thunderstorm winds
gusted to 80 mph at Beattie, and baseball size hail was
reported at Ranger and Breckenridge. Juneau AK reported
a record high temperature of 72 degrees while Honolulu
equalled their record low for the month of May with a
reading of 60 degrees.
In 1990 Fourteen cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
reported record high temperatures for the date as
readings soared into the 90s. Tampa FL reported a record
high of 97 degrees, and Fort Stewart GA was the hot spot
in the nation with a reading of 100 degrees.
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from northeastern
Texas to western Arkansas during the evening and early
nighttime hours. Thunderstorms spawned a tornado which
injured thirteen persons at Paris TX, and produced
baseball size hail at Rio Vista TX. Thunderstorm rains
of four to seven inches caused flash flooding in west
central Arkansas, southern and eastern Oklahoma, and
northern Texas.
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