Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jul 22 2016 12:04 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Friday July 22, 2016. This is the 204th day of the year, there are 162 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 1918 A single bolt of lightning struck 504 sheep dead in their tracks at the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. Sheep often herd together in storms, and as a result the shock from the lightning bolt was passed from one animal to another. In 1986 Hurricane Estelle passed 120 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands creating a ten to twenty foot surf. The large swells resulted from a combination of high tides, a full moon, and 50 mph winds. The hurricane also deluged Oahu Island with up to 6.86 inches of rain on the 24th and 25th of the month. In 1987 Barrow AK receives 1.38 inches in 24 hours, an all-time record for that location. The average annual precip- itation for Barrow is just 4.75 inches. (21st-22nd) Thunderstorms in Montana produced 4 to 6 inches of rain in Glacier County causing extensive flooding along Divide Creek. Missoula MT received 1.71 inches of rain in 24 hours, a record for the month of July. In 1988 Six cities in the south central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Pueblo CO with a reading of 48 degrees. Thunderstorms over the Atlantic Coast Region drenched Wilmington NC with 6.49 inches of rain in about eight hours. In 1989 Showers and thunderstorms prevailed across the southeastern third of the country. Afternoon thunder- storms in Florida produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Zephyrhills, and gusts to 92 mph at Carrollwood and Lutz. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 69 mph at Crystal Lake damaged nineteen mobile homes. In 2003 For the third time in two weeks, severe thunderstorms again roared across Arkansas and the mid-south, with widespread wind damage. Memphis, TN had heavy damage in the downtown area, with straight line winds of 100 miles per hour reported by storm spotters. In 2010 Severe storms struck much of the northeast United States, including 4 tornadoes in Maine, and 3 in Connecticut. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, AR - wx1der.dyndns.org .