TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Tuesday July 18, 2017.
This is the 199th day of the year, there are 166 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 1889 A cloudburst in West Virginia along the small creeks in
Wirt, Jackson and Wood counties claimed twenty lives.
Rockport WV reported nineteen inches of rain in two hours
and ten minutes that Thursday evening. Tygart Creek rose
22 feet in one hour, and villages were swept away on
Tygart, Slate, Tucker, and Sandy Creeks.
In 1942 A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern
Pennsylvania, with 30.7 inches in just six hours. The
downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were
devastating.
In 1986 One of the most "photo-genic" tornadoes touched down in
the northern suburbs of Minneapolis MN during the late
afternoon. The very slow moving tornado actually
appeared live on the evening news by way of an aerial
video taken by the KARE-TV helicopter crew. The tornado,
unlike most, was quite the prima donna, staying visible
to tens of thousands of persons for thirty minutes. It
was moderate in intensity, with winds of 113-157 mph, and
caused 650 thousand dollars damage; but no injuries.
In 1987 Cool weather prevailed in the western U.S. Seven cities
reported record low temperatures for the date, including
Alamosa CO with a reading of 38 degrees. The low of 52
degrees at Bakersfield CA was a record for July. Up to
eight inches of snow covered the Northern Sierra Nevada
Range of California from a storm the previous day.
During that storm, winds gusting to 52 mph at Slide
Mountain NV produced a wind chill reading of 20 degrees
below zero. Susanville CA reached 17 degrees that
previous day, Blue Canyon CA dipped to a July record of
36 degrees, and the high of 44 degrees at Klamath Falls
OR smashed their previous record for July by ten degrees.
In 1988 Sweltering heat continued in California, with record
highs of 111 at Redding and 112 at Sacramento. Death
Valley CA hit 127 degrees. Late afternoon and evening
thunderstorms in the Central Plains Region produced
baseball size hail at Kimball NE, wind gusts to 79 mph at
Colby KS, and six inches of rain near Lexington NE.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma,
northern Texas and Arkansas during the afternoon, and
into the night. Thunderstorms produced baseball size
hail at Stamford TX, and wind gusts to 92 mph near
Throckmorton TX. Record heat continued in the
southwestern U.S. Phoenix AZ reported a record high of
115 degrees, and at Midland TX, a 111 degree reading was
second only to their all-time record high of 112 degrees
established sixteen days earlier.
In 2011 Less than 2 weeks after a massive dust storm enveloped
the Phoenix, Arizona area, a second storm crossed the
area, with high wind, low visibility, and damage in
some areas.
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