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    TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  September 16, 2025.   
    This is the 259th day of the year, there are 106 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 1881 Iowa's earliest measurable snow of record fell over   
               western sections of the state.  Four to six inches was   
               reported between Stuart and Avoca.   
       In 1928 The hurricane San Felipe, a monster hurricane, which left   
               600 dead in Guadeloupe, and 300 dead in Puerto Rico,   
               struck West Palm Beach FL causing enormous damage, and   
               then headed for Lake Okeechobee.  When the storm was   
               over, the lake covered an area the size of the state of   
               Delaware, and beneath its waters were 2000 victims.  The   
               only survivors were those who reach large hotels for   
               safety, and a group of fifty people who got onto a raft   
               to take their chances out in the middle of the lake.   
       In 1984 The remains of Tropical Storm Edourd began to produce   
               torrential rains in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.   
               Port Isabel reported more than 21 inches.   
       In 1987 Overnight rains soaked Arkansas, with 5.25 inches   
               reported at Bismarck.  In the town of Malvern, up to four   
               feet of water was reported over several downtown streets,   
               with water entering some homes and businesses.   
               Thunderstorms in Texas drenched Lufkin with 4.30 inches   
               of rain in just three hours.  Evening thunderstorms   
               produced severe weather in Missouri.  A small tornado   
               near Kirksville lifted a barn thirty feet into the air   
               and then demolished it.   
       In 1988 Hurricane Gilbert moved ashore into Mexico, 120 miles   
               south of Brownsville, TX during the early evening;   
               establishing an all-time record for the western   
               hemisphere with a barometric reading of 26.13 inches.   
               Peak wind gusts to 200 mph, as well as gusts to 61 mph   
               at Brownsville, and 82 mph at Padre Island were noted.   
               Six foot tides eroded three to four feet off beaches   
               along the Lower Texas Coast, leaving the waterline 75   
               feet farther inland.  Rainfall totals ranged up to 8.71   
               inches at Lamar TX.  Gilbert caused three million dollars   
               damage along the Lower Texas Coast, but less than a   
               million dollars damage along the Middle Texas Coast;   
               but Gilbert devastated Jamaica and the Yucatan Peninsula.   
       In 1989 Showers and thunderstorms, respresenting what remained of   
               Hurricane Octave, brought locally heavy rains to   
               California, impeding the drying process for raisins and   
               other crops.  Sacramento CA was soaked with 1.53 inches   
               of rain in six hours.  At Phoenix AZ, the afternoon high   
               of 107 degrees marked a record seventy-six days with   
               afternoon highs 105 degrees or above.   
       In 2004 (7th-17th) Hurricane Ivan, the fifth hurricane of the 2004   
               season, began his swath of destruction with heavy rain and   
               high winds by hitting the Leeward Islands with 115 mph   
               winds. At least 90 percent of the structures on Grenada   
               were damaged or destroyed. Ivan increased to 160 mph   
               (category 5) on the 9th, grazed southern Jamaica with 155   
               mph winds on the 10th, and alternated between category 4   
               and 5 over the next several days. Ivan then moved just past   
               the Cayman Islands and the western tip of Cuba, bringing   
               winds from 125 to 165 mph to those areas. Finally into the   
               Gulf Of Mexico, Ivan came ashore at Gulf Shores, AL as a   
               strong category 3 hurricane on the 16th. Major damage was   
               all along the the Gulf Coast, with heavy rain, widespread   
               flooding, high winds, and tornadoes across the region and   
               southeast United States. The Interstate 10 bridge across   
               Escambia Bay collapsed into the bay, and several state   
               roads were heavily damaged by the storm. Many deaths were   
               blamed on Ivan, from the Caribbean, to the United States,   
               and further inland. The remnants of Ivan brought heavy   
               rain and tornadoes to the Tennessee Valley, the Carolinas,   
               and into the northeast United States. Meanwhile, Tropical   
               Storm Jeanne hit the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the   
               Dominican Republic with high winds, heavy rain, and severe   
               flooding. Jeanne weakened to a depression on the 17th, but   
               then regained tropical storm and hurricane status over the   
               next several days, as she meandered near and looped east   
               of the Bahamas.   
       In 2010 A severe storm swept through New York City, with 100 mph   
               straight line winds causing damage to homes, and causing   
               numerous down trees, power lines, and power outages.   
       In 2012 Typhoon Samba made landfall in northeast Okinawa, with   
               120 mph winds.   
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