Subj : Today's Weather History
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Mar 18 2017 12:54 pm

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

 Today is Saturday  March 18, 2017.
 This is the 77th day of the year, there are 288 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 1925 The great "Tri-State Tornado" occurred, the most deadly
            tornado in U.S. history.  The tornado claimed 695 lives
            (including 234 at Murphysboro IL and 148 at West
            Frankfort IL), and caused seventeen million dollars
            property damage.  It cut a swath of destruction 219
            miles long and as much as a mile wide from east central
            Missouri to southern Indiana between 1 and 4 PM.  The
            tornado leveled a school in West Frankfort IL, and
            picked up sixteen students setting them down unharmed
            150 yards away.  Seven other tornadoes claimed an
            additional 97 lives that day.
    In 1971 High winds accompanied a low pressure system from the
            Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes.  Winds gusted to
            100 mph at Hastings NE, and reached 115 mph at Hays KS.
            High winds caused two million dollars damage in Kansas.
            Fire burned 50,000 forest acres in eastern Oklahoma.
            (17th-19th)
    In 1987 A storm in the central U.S. produced up to 10 inches of
            snow in western Nebraska, and up to six inches of rain
            in eastern sections of the state.  The heavy rains
            pushed the Elkhorn River out of its banks, submerging
            the streets of Inman under three feet of water.
    In 1988 Light rain and snow prevailed east of the Mississippi
            River.  Fair weather prevailed west of the Mississippi.
    In 1989 A storm in the western U.S. produced heavy rain in
            California, with heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada Range.
            Venado, Baja CA was drenched with 5.40 inches of rain in
            24 hours.  A dozen cities in the eastern U.S. reported
            new record high temperatures for the date, including
            Baltimore MD with a reading of 82 degrees.
    In 1990 Heavy rain caused extensive flooding of rivers and
            streams in Georgia, with total damage running well
            into the millions.  Flooding also claimed six lives.
            Nearly seven inches of rain caused 2.5 million dollars
            damage around Columbus, and up to nine inches of rain
            was reported over the northern Kinchafoonee Basin in
            Georgia.


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