TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Wednesday  April 13, 2016.   
    This is the 104th day of the year, there are 262 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 The second coastal storm in just three days hit Virginia   
               and the Carolinas.  The first storm flattened the sand dunes   
               at Hatteras, and widened the Oregon inlet three quarters of   
               a mile. The second storm produced hurricane force winds along   
               the coast of North Carolina causing more beach erosion and   
               land transformation.   
       In 1955 The town of Axis AL was deluged with 20.33 inches of rain in   
               24 hours establishing a state record.   
       In 1986 A major spring storm quickly intensified bringing blizzard   
               conditions to much of the Northern Plains Region.  Up to 18   
               inches of snow was reported in North Dakota, and in South   
               Dakota, winds gusting to 90 mph whipped the snow into drifts   
               fifteen feet high. Livestock losses were in the millions of   
               dollars, and for some areas it was the worst blizzard ever.   
       In 1987 Thunderstorms in northern Texas produced wind gusts to 98   
               mph at the Killeen Airport, causing a million dollars in   
               property damage. Two airplanes were totally destroyed by the   
               high winds, and ten others were damaged.   
       In 1988 Low pressure off the Atlantic coast produced high winds   
               across North Carolina, with gusts to 78 mph reported at   
               Waves.  The high winds combined with high tides to cause   
               coastal flooding and erosion.  About 275 feet of land was   
               eroded from the northern tip of Pea Island.   
       In 1989 Thunderstorms in central Florida produced golf ball size   
               hail and a tornado near Lakeland FL.  Fair and mild weather   
               prevailed across most of the rest of the nation.   
       In 1990 Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe   
               weather in central Oklahoma and north central Texas.   
               Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced up to six inches of golf   
               ball size hail along I-40 near El Reno, and produced wind   
               gusts to 75 mph at Okarche. Thunderstorms over north central   
               Texas produced softball size hail northwest of Rotan, and   
               high winds which injured two persons southeast of Itasca.   
       In 1991 (9th-13th) A 3 mile long ice jam on Maine's St. John River   
               broke up, releasing a 30 foot wall of ice, crushing cars,   
               and houses.   
      
      
   --- GTMail 1.26    
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org - GT Power 20 (1:19/33.0)