TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  March 28, 2016.   
    This is the 88th day of the year, there are 278 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 1917 Thane Creek AK reported a snow cover of 190 inches.   
       In 1920 The worst tornado disaster of record occurred in   
               Chicago IL as a tornado killed 28 persons and caused   
               three million dollars damage.   
       In 1935 (28th-31st) A severe dust storm, lasting 84 hours, blanketed   
               Amarillo Texas, leaving visibility near zero for one 6 hour   
               period.   
       In 1984 A severe outbreak of tornadoes hit the Carolinas.   
               Thunderstorms spawned 22 tornadoes during the late   
               afternoon and evening hours which killed 57 persons and   
               injured 1248 others.  Nearly half the deaths occurred   
               in mobile homes.  A tornado from near Tatum SC to   
               southern Cumberland County NC was 2.5 miles in width   
               at times.   
       In 1987 A blizzard raged from southern Nebraska to central   
               Iowa.  Snowfall totals ranged up to 17 inches at Blue   
               Hill NE.  Winds gusted to 68 mph at Carroll IA.  High   
               winds produced snow drifts twenty feet high in western   
               Iowa, and produced wind chill readings as cold as   
               30 degrees below zero in Nebraska.  The snowfall total   
               of 9.4 inches at Omaha NE was a record for the date.   
       In 1988 Severe thunderstorms in central Oklahoma produced   
               hail up to four inches in diameter causing 35 million   
               dollars in southern Oklahoma County.  Baseball size   
               hail and seven inches of rain caused another eighteen   
               million dollars damage in Stephens County.   
       In 1989 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern   
               and Central Plains to the Atlantic coast.  Eighteen   
               cities reported new record high temperatures for the   
               date.  The afternoon high of 81 degrees at Beckley WV   
               was a record for March, and the high of 90 degrees in   
               downtown Baltimore MD tied their March record.   
       In 1990 A storm system brought heavy snow to the west central   
               and southern mountains of Wyoming, and high winds to   
               the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah.  Snowfall   
               totals in Wyoming ranged up to 10 inches at the Snowy   
               Ski Range Area, and the storm pushed the snowfall total   
               for the month at Cheyenne above 37 inches, surpassing   
               their previous record for March of 35 inches.   
       In 2000 Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas were hit by F2 and F3   
               tornadoes, respectively. Four were killed, and hundreds   
               more were injured and left homeless.   
      
      
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