Subj : Today's Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Mar 21 2017 12:10 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Tuesday March 21, 2017. This is the 80th day of the year, there are 285 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 2013 (21st-23rd) A late winter/early spring storm brought snow to portions of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee...with portions of north central Arkansas and south central Missouri getting from 6 to over 8 inches of heavy wet snow. Further south, strong to severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, and large hail, were the rule. In 1932 A tornado swarm occurred in the Deep South. Between late afternoon and early the next morning severe thunderstorms spawned 31 tornadoes in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee. The tornadoes killed 334 persons and injured 1784 others. Northern Alabama was hardest hit. Tornadoes in Alabama killed 286 persons and caused five million dollars damage. In 1952 Severe thunderstorms spawned 31 tornadoes across Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky. The tornadoes killed 343 persons and caused 15 million dollars damage. Arkansas and Tennessee each reported thirteen tornadoes. The towns of Judsonia AR and Henderson TN were nearly wiped off the map in what proved to be the worst tornado outbreak of record for Arkansas until the outbreak of Jan. 21, 1999. A tornado one and a half miles wide at times, left a church the only undamaged building at Judsonia. In 1987 A winter storm in the Northern High Plains Region produced blizzard conditions in western South Dakota. Winds gusted to 70 mph at Rapid City SD, and snowfall totals ranged up to 20 inches at Lead SD. The high winds produced snow drifts six feet high. In 1988 Bitterly cold weather prevailed across the northeastern U.S. Portland ME reported their coldest spring day of record with a morning low of 5 above, and an afternoon high of just 21 degrees. Marquette MI reported a record low of 15 degrees below zero. In 1989 Snow blanketed the northeastern U.S. early in the day, with 6 inches reported at Rutland VT. Morning and afternoon thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds from southwestern Mississippi to southwest Georgia. In 1990 The first full day of spring was a cold one for the eastern U.S. Freezing temperatures damaged 62 percent of the peach crop in upstate South Carolina, and 72 percent of the peach crop in the ridge area of South Carolina. Elkins WV, which a week earlier reported a record high of 82 degrees, was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 16 degrees. Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 .