Subj : Todays Weather History
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Jul 23 2016 12:04 am

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

 Today is Saturday  July 23, 2016.
 This is the 205th 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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