TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Wednesday July 12, 2017.
This is the 193rd day of the year, there are 172 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 1951 The Kaw River flood occurred. The month of June that
year was the wettest of record for the state of Kansas,
and during the four days preceding the flood much of
eastern Kansas and western Missouri received more than
ten inches of rain. Flooding in the Midwest claimed 41
lives, left 200 thousand persons homeless, and caused a
billion dollars property damage. Kansas City was hardest
hit. The central industrial district sustained 870
million dollars property damage.
In 1980 Lightning struck a large broiler house in Branford FL.
The ensuing fire broiled 11,000 nearly ready broilers.
However, firemen were able to save a few thousand chickens.
In 1987 Cool air invaded the High Plains Region. Eight
cities reported record low temperatures for the date,
including Sheridan WY with a reading of 37 degrees.
Thunderstorms developing along the cold front in the
central U.S. produced 6.5 inches of rain at Fort Dodge
IA, and 2.5 inches in one hour at St Joseph MO.
In 1988 Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather over the
Dakotas, including baseball size hail at Aberdeen SD, and
softball size hail near Fullerton ND. Thunderstorms
produced heavy rain in Arkansas and northeastern Texas,
with 6.59 inches reported at Mesquite TX in just an hour
and fifteen minutes. Garland TX reported water up to the
tops of cars following a torrential downpour.
In 1989 Early morning thunderstorms over eastern Kansas deluged
McFarland with more than six inches of rain. Afternoon
thunderstorms in Wyoming produced up to 18 inches of dime
size hail near Rock Springs, along with torrential rains,
and a three foot high wall of mud and water swept into
the town causing more than 1.5 million dollars damage.
Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma
and Arkansas, deluging Dardanelle AR with 3.50 inches of
rain in less than twenty minutes. About seventy cows
were killed when lightning struck a tree in Jones County TX.
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