TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  April 14, 2016.   
    This is the 105th day of the year, there are 261 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 1886 A devastating tornado, 800 yards in width at times, cut a   
               20 mile path through Saint Cloud MN killing 74 persons.   
               The bottom of the Mississippi River was said to have been   
               seen during the tornado's crossing.  Eleven persons were   
               killed at a wedding party near the town of Rice.   
       In 1973 A famous Easter blizzard raged across Kansas, Nebraska and   
               South Dakota.  Gale force winds blew the wet snow into   
               massive drifts, however there were few deaths due to the   
               sparse population and due to the gradual increase of the   
               storm.   
       In 1987 A storm system moving slowly northeastward across the Middle   
               Mississippi Valley produced severe thunderstorms which   
               spawned three tornadoes around Ottumwa IA, and produced up   
               to four inches of rain in southeastern Nebraska, flooding   
               rivers and streams.   
       In 1988 A weather disturbance off the southern coast of California   
               brought parts of southern California their first rain in six   
               weeks. Rain-slickened roads resulted in numerous accidents   
               in southern California, including a ten car pile-up at   
               Riverside.   
       In 1989 Late afternoon thunderstorms in northern Florida soaked the   
               own of Golden Gate with 4.37 inches of rain in about 2 hours,   
               resulting in local flooding.   
       In 1990 Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced   
               severe weather in southeastern Texas during the mid morning   
               hours. Thunderstorms produced dime size hail at Galveston,   
               and wind gusts to 59 mph at Port Arthur.  Afternoon   
               thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana spawned tornadoes   
               south of Bogalusa and at Rio.   
       In 2011 (14th-15th) Severe thunderstorms with tornadoes, large   
               hail, and damaging winds rolled across Arkansas. Golfball   
               size hail occurred in some areas, with 10 tornadoes   
               across Arkansas...including an EF1 in west Little Rock.   
       In 2012 A tornado outbreak from Oklahoma, through Kansas, Nebraska,   
               and Iowa, had over 250 reports of severe weather, with over   
               120 tornadoes. Several died in Woodward, Oklahoma...and   
               there were several large and violent tornadoes spawned,   
               leaving behind widespread damage, and many others were   
               were injured. An EF tornado hit Wichita, Kansas...and an   
               tornado hit Thurman, Iowa.   
      
      
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