Subj : Todays Weather History
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Aug 05 2017 12:10 am

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

 Today is Saturday  August 5, 2017.
 This is the 217th day of the year, there are 148 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 1843 A spectacular cloudburst near Philadelphia turned the
            small creeks and streams entering the Delaware River into
            raging torrents.  As much as sixteen inches of rain fell
            in just three hours.  Flooding destroyed thirty-two
            county bridges, and caused nineteen deaths.  It is
            believed that several small tornadoes accompanied the
            torrential rains, one of which upset and sank more than
            thirty barges on the Schuylkill River.
    In 1924 The SS Frankenfels measured the sea surface of the Persian
            Gulf at 96 degrees, possibly the highest ever observed.
    In 1961 The temperature at Ice Harbor Dam WA soared to
            118 degrees to equal the state record established at
            Wahluke on the 24th of July in 1928.  The afternoon high
            of 111 degrees at Havre MT was an all-time record for
            that location.
    In 1987 Severe thunderstorms raked eastern South Dakota.
            Thunderstorms spawned half a dozen tornadoes, and
            produced softball size hail at Bowdle, and wind gusts to
            90 mph south of Watertown.  Hot weather continued in
            eastern Texas.  Afternoon highs of 100 at Houston and 106
            at Waco equalled records for the date.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Indiana and
            Lower Michigan to Pennsylvania and New York State during
            the day.  Thunderstorms in Michigan produced wind gusts
            to 80 mph at Ashley, Hastings and Lennon.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, and
            from Iowa to the Upper Ohio Valley, with 216 reports
            of large hail or damaging winds between early Saturday
            morning and early Sunday morning.  Thunderstorms moving
            across Iowa about sunrise produced extremely high winds
            which caused ten million dollars damage to crops in
            Carroll and Greene Counties.  Thunderstorm winds at
            Jefferson IA reached 102 mph.  Afternoon thunderstorms
            produced tennis ball size hail at Bay Mills WI.
    In 2009 (5th-9th) After storming through the Phillippines and
            Taiwan, Typhoon Morakot slammed into four coastal
            provinces in China, causing severe flooding and
            mudslides across a wide area. Floodwaters were as high
            as 7 feet in portions of Taiwan.
    In 2011 Massive flash flooding in Charlotte, North Carolina,
            killed one person, forced the rescuing of trapped
            motorists, and the evacuations of at least two
            neighborhoods. The area received greater than 3 inches
            of rain, with some areas measuring 6 inches of rain.
            The flooding shut down parts of highways 77, 485, and
            85 for a time. One hotel lobby interior was turned into
            a waterfall, as heavy rain accumulated on the roof, and
            poured through light fixtures, collapsing a desktop
            size section of the ceiling.
    In 2012 Lightning struck and killed a NASCAR fan, and injured
            nine others in a parking lot outside the Pocono Raceway
            in Pennsylvania. Fans were warned by the PA announcer
            to take cover, as the thunderstorms approached. In
            Arkansas, between 5pm and 6pm, 5000 lightning strikes
            were observed, in a wide swath from Hope and Prescott in
            southwest Arkansas to between Carthage and Fordyce in
            south central Arkansas. Over 13,500 people from the Hot
            Springs area southward, were without power. As a severe
            storm collapsed over downtown Hot Springs, an 80 mph
            downburst winds damaged close to 100 structures. The
            temperature plunged from 105 degrees to the upper 70s
            in just a few short minutes.
    In 2013 An intense amount of lightning strikes were observed
            from thunderstorms across north Arkansas. A total of
            5413 strikes occurred from 9pm to 12 midnight, and
            there were about 12,000 power outages in Baxter County,
            due to the lightning.


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