TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  March 3, 2016.   
    This is the 63rd day of the year, there are 303 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 1966 A tornado hit Jackson MS killing 54 persons.   
       In 1980 A coastal storm produced 25 inches of snow at Elizabeth   
               City NC, and 30 inches at Cape Hatteras NC.  At Miami   
               FL the mercury dipped to 32 degrees.   
       In 1983 The last of a series of storms to strike the California   
               coast finally came to an end.  Waves fifteen to twenty   
               feet high pounded the coast for two days, and in a four   
               day period up to 18 inches of rain drenched the Los   
               Angeles and Santa Barbara area.  On the morning of the   
               first, thunderstorms spawned two tornadoes which moved   
               through the Los Angeles area.   
       In 1987 A storm brought heavy rain and gale force winds to   
               Washington and Oregon.  Quillayute WA received 2.67   
               inches of rain in 24 hours, and winds gusted to 60 mph   
               at Astoria OR.   
       In 1988 A small but intense low pressure system roared across   
               west central Mississippi at 90 mph early in the   
               morning.  A tornado in southern Mississippi picked up   
               an automobile, carried it 150 feet, and tossed it   
               through the brick wall of an unoccupied retirement   
               home.   
       In 1989 Wintry weather prevailed from the southern Rockies to   
               the Upper Great Lakes.  Neguanee MI received 19 inches   
               of snow, and up to 24 inches of snow blanketed   
               Colorado.  Blizzard conditions were reported in   
               Minnesota.   
       In 1990 An upper level weather disturbance produced snow in   
               the Colorado Rockies, with 8 inches reported at Winter   
               Park, and a storm moving off the Pacific Ocean began   
               to spread rain and snow across the western U.S.  March   
               continued to start off "like a lamb" across the rest of   
               the nation.   
       In 2004 Recent rain, combined with high temperatures, and snowmelt   
               contributed to rapid rises, and some ice jam flooding on   
               rivers and streams across Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and   
               western New York. Heavy rain and thunderstorms across   
               southern California into southwest Arizona caused flash   
               flooding...particularly in the forest fire burn areas.   
       In 2013 Sunny skies and temperatures in the 50s in Billings,   
               Montana were rapidly replaced by cloudy skies, rapidly   
               falling snow, and the temperature had dropped 20 degrees   
               in 50 minutes. Within minutes, Billings was enveloped in   
               total whiteout conditions, with visibilities less than   
               100 feet in some areas.   
      
      
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