TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  March 18, 2016.   
    This is the 78th day of the year, there are 288 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 1925 The great "Tri-State Tornado" occurred, the most deadly   
               tornado in U.S. history.  The tornado claimed 695 lives   
               (including 234 at Murphysboro IL and 148 at West   
               Frankfort IL), and caused seventeen million dollars   
               property damage.  It cut a swath of destruction 219   
               miles long and as much as a mile wide from east central   
               Missouri to southern Indiana between 1 and 4 PM.  The   
               tornado leveled a school in West Frankfort IL, and   
               picked up sixteen students setting them down unharmed   
               150 yards away.  Seven other tornadoes claimed an   
               additional 97 lives that day.   
       In 1971 High winds accompanied a low pressure system from the   
               Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes.  Winds gusted to   
               100 mph at Hastings NE, and reached 115 mph at Hays KS.   
               High winds caused two million dollars damage in Kansas.   
               Fire burned 50,000 forest acres in eastern Oklahoma.   
               (17th-19th)   
       In 1987 A storm in the central U.S. produced up to 10 inches of   
               snow in western Nebraska, and up to six inches of rain   
               in eastern sections of the state.  The heavy rains   
               pushed the Elkhorn River out of its banks, submerging   
               the streets of Inman under three feet of water.   
       In 1988 Light rain and snow prevailed east of the Mississippi   
               River.  Fair weather prevailed west of the Mississippi.   
       In 1989 A storm in the western U.S. produced heavy rain in   
               California, with heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada Range.   
               Venado, Baja CA was drenched with 5.40 inches of rain in   
               24 hours.  A dozen cities in the eastern U.S. reported   
               new record high temperatures for the date, including   
               Baltimore MD with a reading of 82 degrees.   
       In 1990 Heavy rain caused extensive flooding of rivers and   
               streams in Georgia, with total damage running well   
               into the millions.  Flooding also claimed six lives.   
               Nearly seven inches of rain caused 2.5 million dollars   
               damage around Columbus, and up to nine inches of rain   
               was reported over the northern Kinchafoonee Basin in   
               Georgia.   
      
      
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