Subj : Today's Weather History
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 23 2017 12:10 am

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

 Today is Thursday  March 23, 2017.
 This is the 82nd day of the year, there are 283 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 1913 A vicious tornado hit the city of Omaha NE.  The
            tornado struck during the late afternoon on Easter
            Sunday, and in just twelve minutes cut a swath of total
            destruction five miles long and two blocks wide across
            the city killing 94 persons and causing 3.5 million
            dollars property damage.
            (23rd-27th) Flooding of historic proportions throughout the
            Ohio River and its tributaries resulted in 467 deaths.
    In 1916 Pocatello ID received a record 14.6 inches of snow in
            24 hours.
    In 1987 A blizzard raged across western Kansas, and the
            panhandle area of Texas and Oklahoma.  Pampa TX
            received 21 inches of snow, and winds gusted to 78 mph
            at Dodge City KS Altus OK.  Governor Hayden declared
            forty-six counties in western Kansas a disaster area.
            In southwest Kansas, the storm was described as the
            worst in thirty years.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a strong cold front
            spawned tornadoes near Roberts ID and Bridger MT.
            Strong and gusty winds prevailed in the western U.S.
            Wind gusts in the southwest part of Reno NV reached
            89 mph.
    In 1989 Charlotte NC and Wilmington NC reported rainfall
            records for the date as showers and thunderstorms
            prevailed in the southeastern U.S.  Freezing rain
            glazed parts of North Carolina and southern Virginia.
            Gale force winds produced a heavy surf along the coast
            of North Carolina.
    In 1990 An upper level storm system produced heavy snow in the
            Lower Missouri Valley.  Snowfall totals ranged up to 9
            inches at Kansas City MO, with 8 inches reported
            at Falls City NE, Columbia MO and Saint Louis MO.
            Thunderstorms produced several inches of snow across
            the Kansas City area during the evening rush hour.


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