TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday July 23, 2017.
This is the 204th day of the year, there are 161 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 1788 A weather diary kept by George Washington recorded that
the center of a hurricane passed directly over his Mount
Vernon home. The hurricane crossed eastern North
Carolina and Virginia before moving into the Central
Appalachians. Norfolk VA reported houses destroyed,
trees uprooted, and crops leveled to the ground.
In 1898 A two hour thunderstorm deluged Atlanta GA with
4.32 inches of rain. More than a foot of water flooded
Union Depot. Many street car motors burned out while
trying to run through flooded streets. It grew so dark
before the afternoon storm that gas lights were needed.
In 1923 Sheridan WY was drenched with 4.41 inches of rain, an all-
time 24 hour record for that location. Associated
flooding washed out 20 miles of railroad track. (22nd-
23rd)
In 1987 Thunderstorms produced a record ten inches of rain in six
and a half hours at Minneapolis MN, including 5.26 inches
in two hours. Flash flooding claimed two lives and
caused 21.3 million dollars damage. Streets in
Minneapolis became rushing rivers, parking lots became
lakes, and storm sewers spouted like geysers. A tornado
hit Maple Grove MN causing five million dollars damage.
Baseball size hail was reported at Olivia MN.
In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Lower Michigan
and northern Ohio, over eastern sections of the Dakotas,
and over the Central High Plains Region. Showers and
thunderstorms soaked Wilmington NC with another two
inches of rain, following six and a half inches the
previous day.
In 1989 Morning thunderstorms in the central U.S. drenched
central Oklahoma with up to six inches of rain.
Afternoon thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 85 mph at
Fort Smith AR. Evening thunderstorms over Florida
spawned a tornado which touched down three times in south
Fort Myers causing nearly three quarters of a million
dollars damage.
In 2010 Torrential rains around Chicago caused massive flooding,
filling some basements with up to 4 feet of water. Also,
a new record for a hailstone in the U.S. was set at
Vivian, South Dakota. The stone was 8 inches in diameter,
and 18.625 inches in circumference, weighing in at one
pound, fifteen ounces!! Several hailstones from the same
severe thunderstorm exceeded 6 inches in diameter!!
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (57:57/10)
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