Subj : Todays Weather History
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed May 24 2023 00:03:22

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

 Today is Wednesday  May 24, 2023.
 This is the 144th day of the year, there are 221 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 1894 Six inches of snow blanketed Kentucky.  Just four days
            earlier as much as ten inches of snow had fallen across
            Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.  Six days earlier a
            violent storm had wrecked nine ships on Lake Michigan. 
    In 1930 A tornado touched down near the town of Pratt KS and
            traveled at the incredibly slow speed of just 5 mph. 
    In 1940 Hail fell near Ada OK to a depth of six to eight inches. 
            Rainfall runoff left drifts of hail up to five feet high. 
    In 1987 Severe thunderstorms in southwest Texas spawned a couple
            of tornadoes near Silverton, and produced golf ball size
            hail east of the town of Happy.  Thunderstorms also
            produced large hail and damaging winds in Louisiana and
            Texas.    
    In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern
            U.S.  Thunderstorm winds gusted to 88 mph at Columbia SC. 
            Baseball size hail was reported near Tifton GA.   
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
            severe weather across the Upper Midwest through the day
            and night.  Thunderstorms spawned 30 tornadoes, and there
            were 158 reports of large hail and damaging winds.  A
            strong (F-3) tornado caused five million dollars damage
            at Corning IA, and a powerful (F-4) tornado caused five
            million dollars damage at Traer IA.  Thunderstorm winds
            gusting to 88 mph killed one person and injured five
            others at Stephensville WI.  
    In 1990 Severe thunderstorms spawned two dozen tornadoes from
            Montana to Oklahoma.  Four tornadoes carved a 109-mile
            path across central Kansas.  The third of the four
            tornadoes blew 88 cars of an 125-car train off the track,
            stacking them three to four cars high in some cases, and
            the fourth tornado caused 3.9 million dollars damage. 
            The third tornado injured six persons who were trying to
            escape in vehicles.  A woman was "sucked out" of a truck
            and said that at one time she was "airborne, trying to
            run but my feet wouldn't touch the ground".  She also saw
            a live deer "flying through the air".    
    In 2014 Hurricane Amanda in the Eastern Pacific basin, reached
            major hurricane status...the second earliest major
            hurricane on record in the basin, behind only Hurricane
            Bud of 2012. 24 hours later, she became a category 4
            hurricane with 140 mph winds...making her the second
            strongest May hurricane in the Eastern Pacific basin
            on record, behind Hurricane Adolph in 2001. Just 6 hours
            later, she jumped to 155 mph winds, just under category
            5 strength...making her the strongest May hurricane on
            record in the Eastern Pacific Basin during the satellite
            era. She began weakening late on the 25th (24th-25th).
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