Subj : Today's Weather History
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed May 03 2017 12:10 am

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

 Today is Wednesday  May 3, 2017.
 This is the 123rd day of the year, there are 242 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 1895 A tornado leveled 2 schools miles apart in Sioux County,
            Iowa, killing a brother and sister at different schools.
    In 1978 Persistent thunderstorms caused widespread flooding in
            southeastern Louisiana and extreme southeastern
            Mississippi.  Rainfall totals of ten to thirteen and a
            half inches were reported around New Orleans causing the
            worst flooding in thirty years.  The water depth reached
            three to four feet in several hundred homes, and total
            damage was estimated at one hundred million dollars. 
    In 1987 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Texas, Oklahoma
            and Kansas.  Softball size hail was reported at Center
            Point TX, and a tornado caused three million dollars
            damage near Satanta KS.  Heavy snow blanketed the
            foothills of eastern Colorado, with 18 inches reported at
            Divide.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to the drought-
            stricken central U.S.  Evening thunderstorms produced
            large hail in North Carolina.  Baseball size hail was 
            reported west of Mooresville NC.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern and
            Central Plains Region.  Thunderstorm winds gusted to 72
            mph at Graford TX, and baseball size hail was reported at
            Graham TX and Lake Kemp TX.
    In 1990 A stubborn late season storm slowly crawled across
            southern Colorado the first three days of the month
            producing heavy snow from the San Juan Mountains to
            the southeastern plains.  The storm produced up to three
            feet of snow in the high elevations of southern Colorado,
            and 18 to 22 inches of snow along the eastern slopes of
            the Central Mountains of New Mexico.  Pueblo CO reported
            a record 10.6 inches of snow for the month, as a result
            of the storm, and a record total for the winter season of
            69.6 inches. 
    In 1999 A violent F5 tornado devastated much of Oklahoma City; winds
            were measured by Doppler On Wheels to be 318 mph; just below
            an F6 on the Fujita Tornado Scale.
    In 2013 Snow fell for the first time in recorded weather history in
            the month of May in portions of northeast Oklahoma and
            northwest Arkansas. Sleet mixed in with the snow in some
            areas. Snow acculations ranged from 1 to 4 inches.


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