Subj : Today's Weather History
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 18 2017 08:32 am

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

 Today is Thursday  May 18, 2017.
 This is the 138th day of the year, there are 227 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 1825 A tornado (said to have crossed all of the state of Ohio)
            smashed into the log cabin settlement of Burlington,
            northeast of Columbus.    
    In 1960 Salt Lake City UT received an inch of snow.  It marked
            their latest measurable snowfall of record. 
    In 1980 Mount Saint Helens (in Washington State) erupted spewing
            ash and smoke sixty-three thousand feet into the air. 
            Heavy ash covered the ground to the immediate northwest,
            and small particles were carried to the Atlantic coast. 
    In 1987 Thunderstorms in Kansas, developing along a cold front,
            spawned tornadoes at Emporia and Toledo, produced wind
            gusts to 65 mph at Fort Scott, and produced golf ball
            size hail in the Kansas City area.  Unseasonably hot
            weather prevailed ahead of the cold front.  Pomona NJ
            reported a record high of 93 degrees, and Altus OK hit
            100 degrees.    
    In 1988 Low pressure anchored over eastern Virginia kept showers
            and thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. 
            Flash flooding was reported in Pennsylvania.  Up to five
            inches of rain drenched Franklin County PA in 24 hours. 
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
            severe weather from the Central Gulf Coast States to the
            Lower Missouri Valley during the day and evening. 
            Thunderstorms spawned 16 tornadoes, and there were
            74 reports of large hail and damaging winds.  
    In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S.
            spawning a total of sixteen tornadoes, including a dozen
            in Nebraska.  Thunderstorms also produced hail 4 inches
            in diameter at Perryton TX, wind gusts to 84 mph at Ellis,
            KS; and high winds which caused nearly two million
            dollars damage at Sutherland NE.  Thunderstorms deluged
            Sioux City IA with up to eight inches of rain, resulting
            in a record flood crest on Perry Creek and at least 4 1/2
            million dollars damage. 
    In 2013 (18th-22nd) Widespread severe weather occurred across
            the country...from Texas and Oklahoma north into the
            Great Lakes region. Some of the tornadoes were strong to
            violent, especially in Oklahoma and Kansas...plus, there
            were reports of hail to as big as softballs, and damaging
            winds to hurricane force. The storms moved into the
            Mississippi Valley on the 21st, and worked toward the US
            east coast. At least 26 tornadoes occurred across portions
            of Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois on the 19th.
            Tragically, widespread damage, injuries, and fatalities
            resulted. Many areas hit in the May 3, 1999 F-5 tornado
            were hit again on the 20th by an EF-5 tornado. At least 24
            died, across Oklahoma on the 20th...10 of those were
            children, at 1 of 2 elementary schools that took a direct
            hit from the massive tornado.


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