TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  April 10, 2016.   
    This is the 101st day of the year, there are 265 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 1894 A heavy late season snow blanketed parts of the northeastern   
               U.S.  Heavier snowfall totals included 31.5 inches at Salem   
               Corners PA, 30 inches at LeRoy NY, 26 inches at York PA,   
               14 inches at Waterbury CT, and 9 inches at Providence RI.   
       In 1929 A major outbreak of tornadoes occurred in northeast Arkansas;   
               with 49 fatalities. One of the tornadoes, which travelled   
               fron south of Batesville to north of Swifton to south of   
               Alicia was the only F-5 tornado on record for Arkansas.   
       In 1935 Severe dust storms across Iowa and Kansas closed schools   
               and highways.  Dodge City KS experienced its worst dust   
               storm of record, with dense dust reported from the morning   
               of the 9th until after sunset on the 11th.  The sky was   
               almost as dark as night at times during the daylight hours.   
               The thick dust suspended traffic on highways and railroads,   
               nd also suspended most business in town.   
       In 1965 Six people were killed in a tornado at Conway, Arkansas,   
               northwest of Little Rock. This was the beginning of a major   
               tornado outbreak the next day in the Great Lakes and Ohio   
               Valley.   
       In 1979 A massive (F-5) tornado hit Wichita Falls TX, killing 43   
               persons, and causing 300 million dollars damage.  Another   
               tornado struck Vernon TX killing eleven persons. The day   
               became known as "Terrible Tuesday".   
       In 1983 A dust devil formed over a field in Alaska's Tanana Valley,   
               destroying a greenhouse, and blowing its debris 600 feet   
               away.   
       In 1987 Blustery northwest winds prevailed across the Northern Plains   
               Region.  Winds in Wyoming gusted to 65 mph.  Temperatures in   
               North Dakota were only in the 20s and 30s, following   
               afternoon highs in the 70s the previous day.   
       In 1988 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the western U.S.   
               Eleven cities reported new record high temperatures for the   
               date, including Bakersfield CA with a reading of 95 degrees,   
               their warmest for so early in the season.  Pocatello ID   
               warmed from a record low of 19 above to an afternoon high of   
               63 degrees.   
       In 1989 Strong northerly winds, gusting to 53 mph at Albuquerque NM,   
               ushered cold arctic air into the south central U.S.  The   
               temperature at Albuquerque plunged from 82 degrees to 29   
               degrees overnight.  Thirty-three cities in the central U.S.   
               reported record low temperatures for the date, including   
               Goodland KS with a reading of 4 degrees above zero.   
       In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central Gulf   
               Coast Region to western sections of the Carolinas during the   
               afternoon and evening.  Evening thunderstorms over western   
               South Carolina produced wind gusts to 98 mph which injured   
               four persons at Holly Springs, and wind gusts to 100 mph   
               which injured one person and caused half a million dollars   
               damage north of Dacusville.   
       In 2013 At least 24 homes in Hazelwood, Missouri, sustained severe    
               damage from severe storms, which pummeled the St. Louis   
               area and elsewhere across the state. Another tornado   
               touched down in Arkansas, damaging at least 33 homes, and   
               leaving three people injured in Van Buren County, about 75   
               miles north of Little Rock. The tornado demolished the   
               sanctuary, fellowship area, classrooms, and a pavilion at   
               Botkinburg Foursquare Church. Damage also was reported in   
               several other areas, and storm spotters reported overturned   
               vehicles along U.S. 65, north of Clinton. Flash Flooding   
               occurred around Montain View, near the Missouri border, and   
               downburst winds from 60 to 70 mph were reported in some   
               areas. Lightning sparked fires caused house fires near   
               Searcy and Pangburn. The next day, a violent and extremely   
               dangerous tornado was spotted near Macon, Mississippi, in   
               Nouxubee County. The storms continued to the east coast on   
               the 12th. Tragically, several injuries and some fatalities   
               were blamed on the squall line of severe thunderstorms   
               (10th-12th).   
      
      
      
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