Subj : Today's Weather History
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue May 02 2017 12:10 am

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

 Today is Tuesday  May 2, 2017.
 This is the 122nd day of the year, there are 243 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 1899 A storm buried Havre MT under an all-time record of 24.8
            inches of snow.  The water equivalent of 2.48 inches
            established a record 24 hour total for May.
    In 1920 A swarm of tornadoes in Rogers, Mayes and Cherokee
            Counties in Oklahoma killed 64 persons.
    In 1929 Virginia's worst tornado disaster occurred. Six tornadoes,
            two west of the Blue Mountains, killed 22 people.  Twelve
            children and a teacher were killed at Rye Cove, in Scott
            County.  Four schools were destroyed by the storms.
    In 1982 The Weather Channel (R) goes on the air as a 24 hour
            cable weather network.
    In 1983 Severe thunderstorms spawned twenty tornadoes across
            Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York State.  The
            tornadoes caused five deaths. 
    In 1987 Thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley produced
            golf ball size hail in northern Louisiana, and wind gusts
            to 77 mph at Lake Providence LA.  Thunderstorms in
            Arkansas produced 4.20 inches of rain at Arkadelphia and
            4.00 inches at Bismarck.
    In 1988 A powerful storm produced snow and high winds in the
            Central Rockies and the Central High Plains Region. 
            Snowfall totals in Colorado ranged up to 12 inches at
            Strasburg, and winds in southeastern Colorado gusted to
            87 mph at Lamar.  Snow and high winds created blizzard
            conditions in eastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. 
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing to the north of a warm front
            produced severe weather in Oklahoma and Texas.  There
            were 93 reports of severe weather.  Thunderstorm winds
            gusted to 80 mph at Beattie, and baseball size hail was
            reported at Ranger and Breckenridge.  Juneau AK reported
            a record high temperature of 72 degrees while Honolulu
            equalled their record low for the month of May with a
            reading of 60 degrees. 
    In 1990 Fourteen cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
            reported record high temperatures for the date as
            readings soared into the 90s.  Tampa FL reported a record
            high of 97 degrees, and Fort Stewart GA was the hot spot
            in the nation with a reading of 100 degrees.  
            Thunderstorms produced severe weather from northeastern
            Texas to western Arkansas during the evening and early
            nighttime hours.  Thunderstorms spawned a tornado which
            injured thirteen persons at Paris TX, and produced
            baseball size hail at Rio Vista TX.  Thunderstorm rains
            of four to seven inches caused flash flooding in west
            central Arkansas, southern and eastern Oklahoma, and
            northern Texas.


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