TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  March 29, 2016.   
    This is the 89th day of the year, there are 277 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 1848 (29th-31st) An ice jam at the neck of Lake Erie and the   
               Niagara River caused Niagara Falls to ease to a trickle.   
       In 1886 Atlanta GA was drenched with a record 7.36 inches of   
               rain in 24 hours.   
       In 1920 Clear Spring MD received 31 inches of snow in 24 hours   
               to establish a state record.   
       In 1921 The temperature in Washington D.C. dropped from   
               82 degrees to 26 degres thus ending an early spring.   
       In 1935 A severe duststorm blanketed Amarillo TX for 84 hours.   
               During one six hour period the visibility was near   
               zero.  (28th-31st)   
       In 1945 Providence RI hit 90 degrees to establish a March   
               record for the New England area.   
       In 1987 Thunderstorms spawned tornadoes in Mississippi, and   
               produced high winds and heavy rain in Louisiana.   
               Thunderstorm winds gusted to 92 mph at Houma LA, and   
               caused a million dollars damage in Terrebonne Parish.   
               Avondale LA was deluged with 4.52 inches of rain.   
       In 1988 Severe thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley   
               spawned a tornado which injured two persons at Bunkie   
               LA, and produced high winds, which felled a large tree   
               onto a trailer at Bastrop LA, claiming the life of one   
               child and injuring another.   
       In 1989 Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern   
               Texas and southwestern Arkansas.  Longview TX reported   
               14.16 inches of rain.  More than 11 inches of rain at   
               Henderson TX caused a dam to give way, and people left   
               stranded in trees had to be rescued by boat.  Total   
               damage in northeastern Texas was estimated at 10 to 16   
               million dollars.   
       In 1990 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced   
               severe weather in southeastern Texas and southern   
               Louisiana.  Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes,   
               including one which injured seven persons at Gray LA.   
               Thunderstorms also produced golf ball size hail and   
               wind gusts to 70 mph at Port O'Conner TX, and produced   
               up to six inches of rain in Beauregard Parish LA.   
       In 2002 Three days of heavy rain and severe weather plagued   
               parts of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and   
               (29th-31st). Portions of Arkansas had another 4 inches   
               or more of rain to fall on ground already saturated by   
               heavy rains just days earlier.   
      
      
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