TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  April 5, 2016.   
    This is the 96th day of the year, there are 270 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 1936 A tornado hit Tupelo, MS...killing 216, and injuring 700.   
       In 1945 The temperature at Eagles Nest NM plunged to 45 degrees   
               below zero to establish a United States April record.   
       In 1955 The Northern Rockies and the Northern High Plains were in   
               the midst of a four day storm which produced 52 inches of   
               snow at Lead, located in the Black Hills of western   
               South Dakota.   
       In 1972 A tornado, 500 yards wide at times, touched down at a marina   
               on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, and then tore   
               through Vancouver WA killing 6 persons, injuring 300 others,   
               and causing more than five million dollars damage.  It was   
               the deadliest tornado of the year, and the worst of record   
               for Washington.   
       In 1982 An unprecedented April blizzard began in the northeastern   
               U.S. One to two feet of snow fell across Massachusetts and   
               Connecticut, and up to 26 inches was reported in Maine.   
               New York City received a foot of snow.  Winds reached 70   
               to 80 mph during the storm, and the storm also produced   
               numerous thunderstorms, which contributed to the heavy snow.   
       In 1987 A storm produced unprecedented April snows in the central   
               Appalachians.  Mount Mitchell NC received 35 inches of snow,   
               and up to 5 feet of snow was reported in the mountains along   
               the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.  The total of 25   
               inches at Charleston WV easily surpassed their previous   
               record for the entire month of April of 5.9 inches. The 20.6   
               inch total at Akron OH established an all-time record for   
               that location. Near record flooding contributed to the   
               collapse of a New York State bridge spanning Schoharie Creek   
               near Amsterdam, causing 10 deaths.   
       In 1988 Thirty-nine cities across the eastern half of the country   
               reported record high temperatures for the date, including   
               Saint Louis MO with a reading of 91 degrees.  Laredo TX was   
               the hot spot in the nation with an afternoon high of 100   
               degrees.   
       In 1989 Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S.   
               Afternoon highs of 100 degrees at Santa Maria CA and 105   
               degrees in Downtown Los Angeles established records for the   
               month of April.   
       In 1990 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along a cold   
               front produced severe weather in southern Oklahoma, southern   
               Arkansas, and north central and northeastern Texas.   
               Thunderstorms spawned a dozen tornadoes in Texas, including   
               one at Fort Worth which caused a million dollars damage.   
               There were nearly one hundred reports of large hail and   
               damaging winds.  Thunderstorms in Texas produced hail three   
               nd a half inches in diameter west of Fort Worth, and   
               produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Cross Plains.   
      
      
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