TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  March 21, 2016.   
    This is the 81st day of the year, there are 285 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 2013 (21st-23rd) A late winter/early spring storm brought   
               snow to portions of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri,   
               Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee...with portions of   
               north central Arkansas and south central Missouri   
               getting from 6 to over 8 inches of heavy wet snow.   
               Further south, strong to severe thunderstorms with   
               heavy rain, and large hail, were the rule.   
       In 1932 A tornado swarm occurred in the Deep South.  Between   
               late afternoon and early the next morning severe   
               thunderstorms spawned 31 tornadoes in Alabama,   
               Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee.  The tornadoes   
               killed 334 persons and injured 1784 others.  Northern   
               Alabama was hardest hit.  Tornadoes in Alabama killed   
               286 persons and caused five million dollars damage.   
       In 1952 Severe thunderstorms spawned 31 tornadoes across   
               Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and   
               Kentucky.  The tornadoes killed 343 persons and caused   
               15 million dollars damage.  Arkansas and Tennessee each   
               reported thirteen tornadoes.  The towns of Judsonia AR   
               and Henderson TN were nearly wiped off the map in what   
               proved to be the worst tornado outbreak of record for   
               Arkansas until the outbreak of Jan. 21, 1999. A tornado   
               one and a half miles wide at times, left a church the   
               only undamaged building at Judsonia.   
       In 1987 A winter storm in the Northern High Plains Region   
               produced blizzard conditions in western South Dakota.   
               Winds gusted to 70 mph at Rapid City SD, and snowfall   
               totals ranged up to 20 inches at Lead SD.  The high   
               winds produced snow drifts six feet high.   
       In 1988 Bitterly cold weather prevailed across the northeastern   
               U.S.  Portland ME reported their coldest spring day of   
               record with a morning low of 5 above, and an afternoon   
               high of just 21 degrees.  Marquette MI reported a   
               record low of 15 degrees below zero.   
       In 1989 Snow blanketed the northeastern U.S. early in the day,   
               with 6 inches reported at Rutland VT.  Morning and   
               afternoon thunderstorms produced large hail and   
               damaging winds from southwestern Mississippi to   
               southwest Georgia.   
       In 1990 The first full day of spring was a cold one for the   
               eastern U.S.  Freezing temperatures damaged 62 percent   
               of the peach crop in upstate South Carolina, and   
               72 percent of the peach crop in the ridge area of   
               South Carolina.  Elkins WV, which a week earlier   
               reported a record high of 82 degrees, was the cold   
               spot in the nation with a morning low of 16 degrees.   
      
      
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