Subj : Todays Weather History
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Aug 15 2017 08:02 am

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

 Today is Tuesday  August 15, 2017.
 This is the 227th day of the year, there are 138 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 1787 Tornadoes were reported in Connecticut, Rhode Island,
            Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.  Wethersfield CT was
            hard hit by the tornado outbreak.
    In 1946 Saint Louis MO was deluged with a record 8.78 inches of
            rain in 24 hours.
    In 1967 The "sundance fire" in northern Idaho was started by
            lightning.  Winds of 50 mph carried firebrands as much as
            ten miles in advance to ignite new fires, and as a
            result, the forest fire spread twenty miles across the
            Selkirk Mountains in just twelve hours, burning 56,000
            acres.  The heat of the fire produced whirlwinds of flame
            with winds up to 300 mph which flung giant trees about
            like matchsticks.
    In 1985 Near Whitehall, New York, lightning struck a farmhand.
            En route to the hospital, his ambulance was also hit by
            lightning.
    In 1987 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a sharp cold front
            produced severe weather in the Upper Midwest during the
            afternoon and evening hours, with Minnesota and eastern
            South Dakota hardest hit.  A thunderstorm in west central
            Minnesota spawned a tornado at Eagle Lake which killed
            one person and injured eight others.  A thunderstorm in
            eastern South Dakota produced softball size hail at
            Warner.
    In 1988 Thirty five cities in twenty states in the north central
            and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures
            for the date, including Lamoni IA and Baltimore MD, where
            the mercury hit 105 degrees.  Temperatures 100 degrees or
            above were reported in twenty-two states.  Pierre SD was
            the hot spot in the nation with a high of 114 degrees.
            Bluefield WV reported eight straight days of record heat.
    In 1989 Evening thunderstorms in eastern New Mexico produced wind
            gusts to 66 mph at Clovis.  Evening thunderstorms in West
            Texas produced baseball size hail around Hereford,
            Dimmitt, Ware and Dalhart.
    In 2003 (9th-15th) Widespread flooding occurred across the eastern
            United States from Florida to Maine. Numerous reports of
            roads closed, roads and bridges washed out, mud and rock
            slides, vehicles stranded, and basement flooding were
            noted. Isolated evacuations occurred in North Carolina,
            Georgia, Ohio, and New Hampshire. Many areas got from 2
            to 3 inches of rain, while parts of West Virginia got
            over 7 inches of rain.


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