Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun May 21 2023 00:01:36 TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Sunday May 21, 2023. This is the 141st day of the year, there are 224 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 1860 A swarm of tornadoes occurred in the Ohio Valley. Tornadoes struck the cities of Louisville KY, Cincinnati OH, Chillicothe OH and Marietta OH causing a million dollars damage. In 1895 The temperature at Norwalk OH dipped to 19 degrees to establish a state record for the month of May. In 1896 The temperature at Salton CA soared to 124 degrees to establish a U.S. record for May. In 1980 The temperature at Williston ND reached 102 degrees to set a record for May. The next day the mercury hit 106 degrees. In 1987 Severe thunderstorms, developing along a cold front ushering sharply colder weather into the central U.S., produced 60 mph winds and golf ball size hail at Sedalia MO, and drenched Hagerstown IN with six inches of rain in one hour. Temperatures soared into the 90s ahead of the cold front. Paducah KY hit 94 degrees for the second day in a row. Light snow blanketed Montana, with three inches reported at Butte. In 1988 Severe thunderstorms swept across southern Louisiana during the morning hours spawning six tornadoes, and producing wind gusts to 88 mph at Jennings. Thunder- storms also produced five inches of rain in two hours at Lake Charles, causing local flooding. In 1989 Thunderstorms moving southeastward across the Central Plains Region into Oklahoma and Arkansas produced severe weather through the day and night. Thunder-storms spawned just four tornadoes, but there were 243 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Baseball size hail was reported at Augusta KS, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 98 mph at Johnson KS. In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather across the southeastern U.S. for the second day in a row. Severe thunderstorms spawned five tornadoes, including one which injured a person at Richmond KY. There were eighty-seven reports of large hail or damaging winds, with hail three inches in diameter reported at Austin TX. Thunderstorms produced up to five inches of rain in Macon County GA, and heavy rains left nearly eight feet of water over roads near Stepstone KY. In 2001 Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes raged across the southern plains, and Great Lakes Region. Among other places, tornadoes struck Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Michigan (20th-21st). One supercell formed near Russellville, Arkansas, and remained tornadic until the Mississippi River...dropping a tornado in an empty field at Antioch. Denver CO experienced a wide range in both weather and temperature...when morning temperatures in the 70s were met by winds near hurricane force from a cold front, and snow with afternoon temperatures in the 30s. In 2014 Supercell thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes and numerous instances of hail up to baseball size, in and around the Denver CO area. One tornado came within a a mile of the airport, and several airplanes had to be taken out of service, due to hail damage. Huge drifts of hail piled up on streets, and flooding from heavy rainfall stranded several drivers. The next day, severe storms affected parts of the mid-Atlantic region... including portions of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, and New York...with large hail, damaging winds, flooding rain, and isolated tornadoes. --- * Synchronet * The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .