TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Saturday August 5, 2017.
This is the 217th day of the year, there are 148 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 1843 A spectacular cloudburst near Philadelphia turned the
small creeks and streams entering the Delaware River into
raging torrents. As much as sixteen inches of rain fell
in just three hours. Flooding destroyed thirty-two
county bridges, and caused nineteen deaths. It is
believed that several small tornadoes accompanied the
torrential rains, one of which upset and sank more than
thirty barges on the Schuylkill River.
In 1924 The SS Frankenfels measured the sea surface of the Persian
Gulf at 96 degrees, possibly the highest ever observed.
In 1961 The temperature at Ice Harbor Dam WA soared to
118 degrees to equal the state record established at
Wahluke on the 24th of July in 1928. The afternoon high
of 111 degrees at Havre MT was an all-time record for
that location.
In 1987 Severe thunderstorms raked eastern South Dakota.
Thunderstorms spawned half a dozen tornadoes, and
produced softball size hail at Bowdle, and wind gusts to
90 mph south of Watertown. Hot weather continued in
eastern Texas. Afternoon highs of 100 at Houston and 106
at Waco equalled records for the date.
In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Indiana and
Lower Michigan to Pennsylvania and New York State during
the day. Thunderstorms in Michigan produced wind gusts
to 80 mph at Ashley, Hastings and Lennon.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, and
from Iowa to the Upper Ohio Valley, with 216 reports
of large hail or damaging winds between early Saturday
morning and early Sunday morning. Thunderstorms moving
across Iowa about sunrise produced extremely high winds
which caused ten million dollars damage to crops in
Carroll and Greene Counties. Thunderstorm winds at
Jefferson IA reached 102 mph. Afternoon thunderstorms
produced tennis ball size hail at Bay Mills WI.
In 2009 (5th-9th) After storming through the Phillippines and
Taiwan, Typhoon Morakot slammed into four coastal
provinces in China, causing severe flooding and
mudslides across a wide area. Floodwaters were as high
as 7 feet in portions of Taiwan.
In 2011 Massive flash flooding in Charlotte, North Carolina,
killed one person, forced the rescuing of trapped
motorists, and the evacuations of at least two
neighborhoods. The area received greater than 3 inches
of rain, with some areas measuring 6 inches of rain.
The flooding shut down parts of highways 77, 485, and
85 for a time. One hotel lobby interior was turned into
a waterfall, as heavy rain accumulated on the roof, and
poured through light fixtures, collapsing a desktop
size section of the ceiling.
In 2012 Lightning struck and killed a NASCAR fan, and injured
nine others in a parking lot outside the Pocono Raceway
in Pennsylvania. Fans were warned by the PA announcer
to take cover, as the thunderstorms approached. In
Arkansas, between 5pm and 6pm, 5000 lightning strikes
were observed, in a wide swath from Hope and Prescott in
southwest Arkansas to between Carthage and Fordyce in
south central Arkansas. Over 13,500 people from the Hot
Springs area southward, were without power. As a severe
storm collapsed over downtown Hot Springs, an 80 mph
downburst winds damaged close to 100 structures. The
temperature plunged from 105 degrees to the upper 70s
in just a few short minutes.
In 2013 An intense amount of lightning strikes were observed
from thunderstorms across north Arkansas. A total of
5413 strikes occurred from 9pm to 12 midnight, and
there were about 12,000 power outages in Baxter County,
due to the lightning.
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (57:57/10)
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