Subj : Todays Weather History
To   : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Tue Apr 05 2016 12:09 am

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

 Today is Tuesday  April 5, 2016.
 This is the 96th day of the year, there are 270 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 1936 A tornado hit Tupelo, MS...killing 216, and injuring 700.
    In 1945 The temperature at Eagles Nest NM plunged to 45 degrees
            below zero to establish a United States April record.
    In 1955 The Northern Rockies and the Northern High Plains were in
            the midst of a four day storm which produced 52 inches of
            snow at Lead, located in the Black Hills of western
            South Dakota.
    In 1972 A tornado, 500 yards wide at times, touched down at a marina
            on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, and then tore
            through Vancouver WA killing 6 persons, injuring 300 others,
            and causing more than five million dollars damage.  It was
            the deadliest tornado of the year, and the worst of record
            for Washington.
    In 1982 An unprecedented April blizzard began in the northeastern
            U.S. One to two feet of snow fell across Massachusetts and
            Connecticut, and up to 26 inches was reported in Maine.
            New York City received a foot of snow.  Winds reached 70
            to 80 mph during the storm, and the storm also produced
            numerous thunderstorms, which contributed to the heavy snow.
    In 1987 A storm produced unprecedented April snows in the central
            Appalachians.  Mount Mitchell NC received 35 inches of snow,
            and up to 5 feet of snow was reported in the mountains along
            the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.  The total of 25
            inches at Charleston WV easily surpassed their previous
            record for the entire month of April of 5.9 inches. The 20.6
            inch total at Akron OH established an all-time record for
            that location. Near record flooding contributed to the
            collapse of a New York State bridge spanning Schoharie Creek
            near Amsterdam, causing 10 deaths.
    In 1988 Thirty-nine cities across the eastern half of the country
            reported record high temperatures for the date, including
            Saint Louis MO with a reading of 91 degrees.  Laredo TX was
            the hot spot in the nation with an afternoon high of 100
            degrees.
    In 1989 Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S.
            Afternoon highs of 100 degrees at Santa Maria CA and 105
            degrees in Downtown Los Angeles established records for the
            month of April.
    In 1990 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along a cold
            front produced severe weather in southern Oklahoma, southern
            Arkansas, and north central and northeastern Texas.
            Thunderstorms spawned a dozen tornadoes in Texas, including
            one at Fort Worth which caused a million dollars damage.
            There were nearly one hundred reports of large hail and
            damaging winds.  Thunderstorms in Texas produced hail three
            nd a half inches in diameter west of Fort Worth, and
            produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Cross Plains.
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