TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  April 17, 2016.   
    This is the 108th day of the year, there are 258 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 1922 A family of at least six tornadoes caused death and   
               destruction along parts of a 210 mile path from north of   
               Ogden IL to Allen County OH, killing sixteen persons.   
               A post card, picked up in Madison County IN, was found   
               124 miles away near Mount Cory OH.   
       In 1953 One of the few severe hailstorms accompanied by snow,   
               sleet, glaze, and rain, pelted parts of Kay, Osage,   
               Creek, Tulsa, Washington, and Rogers Counties in   
               northeastern Oklahoma late in the day.  Nearly 10,000   
               insurance claims were filed.   
       In 1965 The Mississippi River reached a flood crest at Saint Paul MN   
               four feet higher than any previous mark.  During the next 2   
               weeks, record levels were reached along the Mississippi   
               between Saint Paul and Hannibal MO.  Flooding caused more   
               than 100 million dollars damage, but timely warnings kept   
               the death toll down to just twelve persons.   
       In 1987 Twenty-two cities in the central U.S. reported new record   
               high temperatures for the date.  Temperatures warmed into   
               the 70s and 80s from the High Plains Region to the   
               Mississippi Valley, with readings in the low 90s reported   
               in the Southern Plains Region. Tulsa OK hit 92 degrees.   
       In 1988 Heavy snow blanketed northern Arizona.  Snowfall totals   
               ranged up to 16 inches at Pinetop, with 10 inches reported   
               at Flagstaff. Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of   
               tornadoes in Idaho.   
       In 1989 Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S.  Missoula MT was   
               blanketed with four inches of snow, and Glasgow MT reported   
               a record cold morning low of 14 degrees above zero.   
       In 1990 High winds in northern Utah, gusting to 90 mph in Weber   
               County, blew a trampoline through a living room window, and   
               strong winds associated with a cold front crossing the   
               Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 75 mph in the   
               Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia.  Unseasonably cold weather   
               prevailed in the north central U.S.  Valentine NE was the   
               cold spot in the nation with a record low of 10 degrees.   
       In 2013 (17th-18th) From winter snow to severe storms, a wide range   
               of weather was occurring across the county. In portions of   
               the Upper Midwest, heavy snow was falling in portions of   
               South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin,   
               among other areas. Further south into Texas, Oklahoma,   
               Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, among other   
               areas...severe weather was the rule, with several reports   
               of tornadoes, large hail, damaging wind, and flooding rain.   
               There was a 40 degree temperature contrast on either side   
               side of the cold front in many areas.   
      
      
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