TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  April 3, 2016.   
    This is the 94th day of the year, there are 272 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 1955 Record snows fell in north central Wyoming and south central   
               Montana.  Billings MT received a storm total of 42.3 inches,   
               and on the 4th reported a record snow depth of 35 inches.   
               Sheridan WY established a 24 hour snowfall record of 26.7   
               inches. (2nd-4th)   
       In 1974 A "Super-Outbreak" of tornadoes ravaged the Midwest and the   
               eastern U.S.  Severe weather erupted early in the afternoon   
               and continued through the next day.  Severe thunderstorms   
               spawned 148 tornadoes from Alabama to Michigan, most of which   
               occurred between 1 PM (CST) on the 3rd and 1 AM on the 4th.   
               The tornadoes killed 315 persons, injured 5300 others, and   
               caused 600 million dollars damage.  Alabama, Kentucky and   
               Ohio were especially hard hit in the tornado outbreak.   
               One tornado destroyed half of the town of Xenia OH killing   
               34 persons.  Another tornado, near the town of Stamping   
               Ground KY, produced a path of destruction a record 5 miles   
               in width. A tornado raced through Guin AL at a speed of 75   
               mph. Two powerful tornadoes roared across northern Alabama   
               during the early evening hours, killing fifty persons and   
               injuring 500 others.  Some rescue vehicles responding to   
               the first tornado were struck by the second.   
       In 1987 A storm in the southeastern U.S. produced a trace of snow at   
               Mobile AL, one inch at Jackson MS, and two inches at   
               Meridian MS, the latest snow of record for those three   
               locations.  Birmingham AL received seven inches of snow, and   
               up to nine inches was reported in northeast Alabama.   
       In 1988 A wind gust to 114 mph was clocked at Ann Arbor MI during   
               a tornadic thunderstorm.  Thunderstorms in Michigan and   
               Indiana spawned five tornadoes that Easter Sunday, and also   
               produced golf ball size hail.   
       In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern   
               Plains to the southern and central Appalachians.  The   
               thunderstorms spawned twenty tornadoes, including one which   
               caused eight million dollars damage at Fort Branch IN.   
       In 1990 Rain and snow prevailed in the northeastern U.S., with snow   
               reported in New York State.  Boston MA was soaked with 2.91   
               inches of rain during the day and night, and up to half a   
               foot of snow blanketed the hills of Steuben County NY that   
               Tuesday night.   
       In 2012 Severe thunderstorms with reports of at leats 18 tornadoes,   
               along with baseball and larger sized hail, blasted the   
               Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Tractor trailer rigs were   
               tossed almost 200 feet in the air by the tornadoes. While   
               there were numerous injuries and widespread damage, no one   
               died in the outbreak, with one EF3 tornado, and the rest   
               being from EF0 to EF2 tornadoes. Dallas suburbs of   
               Kennedale, Arlington, Lancaster, and Forney, among other   
               areas, were hit by the tornadoes.   
      
      
   --- GTMail 1.26    
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