Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Apr 25 2023 00:01:45 TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Tuesday April 25, 2023. This is the 115th day of the year, there are 250 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 1875 New York City received three inches of snow, the latest measurable snow of record for that location. In 1880 A violent tornado 400 yds wide in Macon, Mississippi, threw loaded freight cars 100 yds into homes and carried debris 15 miles away. In 1898 The temperature at Volcano Springs CA hit 118 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of April. In 1910 Chicago IL was blanketed with 2.5 inches of snow, and a total of 6.5 inches between the 22nd and the 26th. It was the latest significant snow of record for the city. In 1920 Atlanta GA received 1.5 inches of snow, and experienced their latest freeze of record with a morning low of 32 degrees. The high of just 39 degrees was only their second daily high colder than 40 degrees in April. In 1984 A late season snowstorm struck the Northern Rockies and the Northern Plains. The storm produced some unsually high snowfall totals. The town of Lead, located in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, was buried under 67 inches of snow. Red Lodge, located in the mountains of southern Montana, reported 72 inches of snow. Up to 60 inches blanketed the mountains of northern Wyoming. It was rated the worst late season storm of record for much of the affected area. (25th-28th) In 1987 Low pressure off the coast of North Carolina produced heavy rain, flooding creeks in the foothills and the Piedmont produced wind gusts to 50 mph in Virginia. In 1988 Thunderstorms racing at 65 mph produced large hail in Alabama and Georgia. Hail damage in Alabama was estimated at fifty million dollars, making it their worst weather disaster since Hurricane Frederick in 1979. Hail three inches in diameter accompanied a tornado near Valdosta GA. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported south of Atlanta GA. In 1989 Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather from North Carolina to Indiana and Ohio, with more than 70 reports of large hail and damaging winds. A strong (F-2) tornado hit Xenia OH injuring 16 persons, and causing more than a million dollars damage. In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Texas to Nebraska. Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes, including a powerful (F-4) tornado near Weatherford TX. Between 3 PM and 8 PM, a storm complex tracking northeastward across central Kansas spawned four tornadoes along a 119-mile path from Ness to Smith Center, with the last tornado on the ground for 55 miles. Del Rio TX was raked with hail 2 inches in diameter, and wind gusts to 112 mph. Brown County and Commanche County in Texas were deluged with up to 18 inches of rain, and flooding caused more than 65 million dollars damage. Two dozen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 87 degrees at Flint MI and 90 degrees at Alpena MI were records for April. In 2011 (23rd-28th) A tornado outbreak, the likes of which had not seen since the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974, blasted across much of the southern United States. For the period from the 25th to the 28th, 362 tornadoes occurred across several states, including Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. From 8am Eastern Time April 27 to 8am Eastern Time April 28, 312 tornadoes occurred. Areas of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, were especially hard hard hit by a tornado that was on the ground for 80 miles, and a mile and a half wide. Over 350 were killed...with 340 of those deaths on the 27th and 28th. Of the 362 tornadoes, the preliminary storm surveys showed 2 EF-5's, 11 EF-4's, and 21 EF-3's, with the rest EF-0, EF-1, and EF-2 strength. Many towns were completely obliterated by the tornadoes. In Arkansas, extensive damage occurred at the Little Rock Air Force Base near Jacksonville, and in Vilonia. 10 Arkansans died in the tornadoes. In 2014 (25th-30th) Several days of severe weather, with moderate to high risk areas across Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama at times, affected several areas. An EF-3 tornado on the 25th at Whichards Beach, North Carolina was the latest tornado of this magnitude or greater since 1950. There were at least a dozen tornadoes on the 27th in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. A tornado at Baxter Springs, Kansas injured 25 people. On the 27th, a tornado went from the community of Ferndale, Arkansas (just west of Little Rock), northeast to just northwest of Maumelle, smashing the communities of Mayflower, Vilonia, and El Paso. The final rating showed this tornado with EF-4 damage. On the 28th, numerous tornadoes occurred in Alabama and Mississippi. At least 6 were killed near Louisville, Mississippi, with an EF-4 tornado. Multiple injuries were noted on the north side of Tupelo, Mississippi. Additional tornadoes occurred in Mississippi and Alabama on the 29th, spreading into Georgia and the Carolinas on the 30th. Twenty two inches of rain fell in Pensacola, Florida on the 29th and 30th, causing widespread flooding and washed out roads. --- * Synchronet * The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .