Subj : Today's Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed May 17 2017 12:10 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Wednesday May 17, 2017. This is the 137th day of the year, there are 228 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 1883 A three day flood in the Black Hills of western South Dakota resulted in a million dollars damage at Rapid City. In 1979 A reading of 12 degrees at Mauna Kea Observatory established an all-time record low for the state of Hawaii. In 1983 A golfer playing the Fox Meadows Course in Memphis TN was struck by a bolt of lightning that went through his neck, down his spine, came out a pocket containing his keys, and went into a nearby tree. Miraculously, he survived! In 1987 A summer-like weather pattern continued, with warm temperatures and scattered thunderstorms across much of the nation. A cold front in the north central U.S. produced a sharp contrast in the weather across the state of Minnesota during the afternoon. At the same time Duluth was 50 degrees with rain and fog, Mankato was 95 degrees with sunny skies. In 1988 Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds over the Carolinas during the afternoon and evening. A "thunderstorm of a lifetime" in northern Spartanburg County SC produced hail for forty-five minutes, leaving some places knee-deep in hail. . In 1989 Thunderstorms ravaged the south central U.S. with severe weather for the third day in a row. Thunderstorms spawned another 19 tornadoes, for a total of fifty tornadoes in three days. A strong (F-2) tornado injured 14 persons and caused two million dollars damage at Apple Springs TX. Baseball size hail was reported at Matador, TX. In 1990 Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in New York State during the late morning and afternoon. A tornado injured one person at Warren, and wind gusts to 80 mph were reported at Owego. Evening thunderstorms over southwest Texas produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Marfa, along with golf ball size hail which accumulated to a depth of ten inches, and late night thunderstorms in southwest Texas proudced up to seven inches of rain in western Crockett County. In 2014 The Balklands and Serbia experienced their worst flooding in over 120 years. (16th-18th). Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 .