TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  April 9, 2016.   
    This is the 100th day of the year, there are 266 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 1877 Oregon Inlet NC was widened three quarters of a mile by a   
               nor'easter.   
       In 1947 A tornado struck Woodward OK during the late evening killing   
               95 persons and causing six million dollars damage.  The   
               tornado, one to two miles in width, and traveling at a speed   
               of 68 mph, killed a total of 167 persons along its 221 mile   
               path from Texas into Kansas, injured 980 others, and caused   
               nearly ten million dollars damage. A man looking out his   
               front door was swept by a tornado from his home near Higgins   
               TX and carried two hundred feet over trees. The bodies of   
               two people, thought to be together at Glazier TX, were found   
               three miles apart.   
       In 1977 A storm brought 15.5 inches of rain to Jolo WV in 30 hours.   
       In 1987 International Falls MN reported their sixth straight record   
               high for the date, with a reading of 77 degrees.  A cold   
               front ushering sharply colder weather into the north central   
               U.S. produced wind gusts to 60 mph at Glasgow MT.   
       In 1988 Residents of Sioux City IA awoke to find two inches of snow   
               on the ground following a record high temperature of 88   
               degrees the previous afternoon.   
       In 1989 Eighteen cities in the southwestern U.S. reported new record   
               high temperatures for the date.  The afternoon high of 80   
               degrees at Eureka CA established a record for the month of   
               April.   
       In 1990 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced   
               severe weather from the Central High Plains to Arkansas   
               and northern Texas.  Severe thunderstorms spawned five   
               tornadoes, and there were seventy reports of large hail   
               and damaging winds.  A tornado injured four persons at   
               Ardmore OK, and thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 70   
               mph at Kellyville OK, and hail three inches in diameter   
               at Halmstead KS.   
       In 1991 A squall line of severe thunderstorms, with gusts up to 110   
               mph, raced across West Virginia, leaving $16 million damage.   
       In 2003 Snow flurries fell in Little Rock for the first April snow   
               since April 19, 1983...which is the latest measurable snow   
               in Little Rock. The flurries melted as they hit the ground,   
               so no accumulation resulted...as has been the case with all   
               April snows in Little Rock.   
       In 2004 Typhoon Sudal moved between Yap and Ngulu in the   
               western Pacific Ocean, with 125 mph winds. Damaging   
               winds also occurred on the island of Ulithi. The   
               island of Yap was in the eyewall for a time, with]   
               sustained winds of 75-100 mph, with gusts to 120   
               mph. Sudal would become a Super Typhoon after moving   
               away from the islands.   
      
      
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