TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday August 13, 2017.
This is the 225th day of the year, there are 140 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 1831 A blue sun was widely observed in the southern states.
The phenomena was believed to have pre-staged
Nat Turner's slave uprising.
In 1919 High winds and heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic
Coast Region. In New Jersey, winds gusted to 60 mph
at Atlantic City, and nine inches of rain fell at
Tuckerton. The wind and rain leveled crops and stripped
trees of fruit causing several million dollars damage.
In 1980 The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees.
But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the
month, their hottest August of record.
In 1985 Hail larger than golf balls, driven by 70 mph winds,
moved down crops, stripped trees, and broke windows, near
Logan KS. Road graders cleared three foot drifts of hail
on Kansas Highway 9 east of Logan.
In 1987 Thunderstorms deluged the Central Gulf Coast States with
torrential rains. Thunderstorms in Mississippi drenched
Marion County with up to 15 inches of rain during the
morning hours, with 12.2 inches reported at Columbia.
Floodwaters swept cars away in the Lakeview subdivision
of Columbia when the the Lakeview Dam broke. Flash
flooding caused more than three million dollars damage in
Marion County.
In 1988 A dozen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record
high temperatures for the date. Lansing MI reported a
record 35 days of 90 degree weather for the year, Detroit
MI reported a record 37 days of 90 degree heat for the
year, and Williamsport PA reported a record 38 days of
90 degree weather for the year.
In 1989 Thunderstorms developing in a tropical airmass over the
northeastern U.S. soaked Connecticut and Massachusetts
with 4 to 8 inches of rain over the weekend, between the
11th and 13th of the month. Hartford CT received 7.70
inches of rain.
In 2004 (12th-15th) Florida became the target of a 1-2 tropical
weather punch...with Tropical Storm Bonnie hitting
Appalachicola with 50 mph winds at landfall...then,
with major Hurricane Charley as a Category 4, with 145
mph winds passing just to the west of Key West, and
coming ashore near Fort Myers at Charlotte Harbor on
the 13th. It was the first major hurricane to hit the
Florida west coast since Hurricane Donna in 1960.
Winds gusted to 127 mph at Punta Gorda, and to 105 mph
at Orlando. Western Cuba was hit with 105 mph winds
when Charley moved across. After crossing Florida, and
weakening to a minimal hurricane, Charley moved north,
hitting Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on the 14th. He
moved up the east coast as a Tropical Storm, struck
Long Island, NY, then finally dissipated off of the
England coast on the 15th. Preliminary damage costs
were at $15 billion, and over 2 million people across
Florida alone, were without power. Tragically, many
were left homeless, with many injuries and fatalities.
Major theme parks across Florida shut down ahead of
Charley...the first time that had been done since
Hurricane Floyd skirted eastern Florida in 1999.
--- SBBSecho 3.01-Win32
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (57:57/10)
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