TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  August 23, 2012.   
    This is the 236th day of the year, there are 130 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1906 Thunderstorms deluged Kansas City MO with six inches of   
               rain during the early morning, including nearly three   
               inches in thirty minutes.   
       In 1921 Denver CO was drenched with 2.20 inches of rain in one   
               hour, a record for that location.   
       In 1933 The Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane moved over Norfolk VA   
               and Washington D.C.  A tide seven feet above normal   
               flooded businesses in Norfolk, and damage in Maryland was   
               estimated at seventeen million dollars.   
       In 1970 Dry thunderstorms ignited more than 100 fires in the   
               Wenatchee and Okanogan National Forests of Washington   
               State.  Hot, dry, and windy weather spread the fires,   
               a few of which burned out of control through the end of   
               the month.  More than 100,000 acres burned.   
       In 1987 A cold front brought autumn-like weather to the Northern   
               and Central Plains Region.  Afternoon highs were in the   
               50s and 60s across parts of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska   
               that just two days earlier were in the 90s or above 100   
               degrees.  Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in   
               New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.   
       In 1988 Thunderstorms produced hail an inch in diameter, wind   
               gusts to 64 mph, and 2.62 inches of rain at Tucson AZ   
               resulting in three million dollars damage.  Cool weather   
               prevailed in the northeastern U.S.  Hartford CT reported   
               a record low of 42 degrees.   
       In 1989 Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with flash flooding in   
               West Virginia.  Pickens WV reported 4.80 inches of rain   
               in 24 hours.  Evening thunderstorms in Mississippi   
               deluged Alta Woods with 4.25 inches of rain in less than   
               an hour.  Thunderstorms also produced heavy rain in   
               southeastern Kentucky, and flooding was reported along   
               Big Creek and along Stinking Creek.  The Stinking Creek   
               volunteer fire department reported water levels 12 to 14   
               feet above bankfull.  Fort Worth TX hit the 100 degree   
               mark for the first time all year.  Strong winds ushering   
               cool air into northwestern Utah gusted to 70 mph raising   
               clouds of dust in the salt flats.   
      
      
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