Subj : Todays Weather History
To   : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Tue Mar 29 2016 12:09 am

 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Tuesday  March 29, 2016.
 This is the 89th day of the year, there are 277 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 1848 (29th-31st) An ice jam at the neck of Lake Erie and the
            Niagara River caused Niagara Falls to ease to a trickle.
    In 1886 Atlanta GA was drenched with a record 7.36 inches of
            rain in 24 hours.
    In 1920 Clear Spring MD received 31 inches of snow in 24 hours
            to establish a state record.
    In 1921 The temperature in Washington D.C. dropped from
            82 degrees to 26 degres thus ending an early spring.
    In 1935 A severe duststorm blanketed Amarillo TX for 84 hours.
            During one six hour period the visibility was near
            zero.  (28th-31st)
    In 1945 Providence RI hit 90 degrees to establish a March
            record for the New England area.
    In 1987 Thunderstorms spawned tornadoes in Mississippi, and
            produced high winds and heavy rain in Louisiana.
            Thunderstorm winds gusted to 92 mph at Houma LA, and
            caused a million dollars damage in Terrebonne Parish.
            Avondale LA was deluged with 4.52 inches of rain.
    In 1988 Severe thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley
            spawned a tornado which injured two persons at Bunkie
            LA, and produced high winds, which felled a large tree
            onto a trailer at Bastrop LA, claiming the life of one
            child and injuring another.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern
            Texas and southwestern Arkansas.  Longview TX reported
            14.16 inches of rain.  More than 11 inches of rain at
            Henderson TX caused a dam to give way, and people left
            stranded in trees had to be rescued by boat.  Total
            damage in northeastern Texas was estimated at 10 to 16
            million dollars.
    In 1990 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
            severe weather in southeastern Texas and southern
            Louisiana.  Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes,
            including one which injured seven persons at Gray LA.
            Thunderstorms also produced golf ball size hail and
            wind gusts to 70 mph at Port O'Conner TX, and produced
            up to six inches of rain in Beauregard Parish LA.
    In 2002 Three days of heavy rain and severe weather plagued
            parts of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
            (29th-31st). Portions of Arkansas had another 4 inches
            or more of rain to fall on ground already saturated by
            heavy rains just days earlier.
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