TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  August 30, 2012.   
    This is the 243rd day of the year, there are 123 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1776 General Washington took advantage of a heavy fog to   
               evacuate Long Island after a defeat.  Adverse winds kept   
               the British fleet from intervening.   
       In 1839 A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras NC to offshore New   
               England.  An unusual feature of the hurricane was the   
               snow it helped produce, which whitened the Catskill   
               Mountains of New York State.  Considerable snow was also   
               reported at Salem NY.   
       In 1982 A tropical depression brought torrential rains to   
               portions of southern Texas.  Up to twelve inches fell   
               south of Houston, and as much as eighteen inches fell   
               southeast of Austin.  The tropical depression spawned   
               fourteen tornadoes in three days. Record cold gripped   
               the northeastern U.S.  Thirty-one cities in New England   
               reported record lows, and areas of Vermont received up   
               to three inches of snow.   
       In 1987 Eight cities in California and Oregon reported record   
               high temperatures for the date, including Redding CA and   
               Sacramento CA where the mercury hit 100 degrees.   
       In 1988 Thunderstorms drenched Georgia and the Carolinas with   
               heavy rain, soaking Columbia SC with 4.10 inches in three   
               hours.  Fresno CA was the hot spot in the nation with a   
               record high of 109 degrees.  Duluth MN tied their record   
               for the month of August with a morning low of 39 degrees.   
       In 1989 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced   
               large hail in Montana and North Dakota during the evening   
               and early nighttime hours.  Hail three inches in diameter   
               was reported 20 miles south of Medora ND, and   
               thunderstorms over Dawson County MT produced up to three   
               inches of rain.  Thunderstorms produced golf ball size   
               hail at Roundup MT, Dazey ND and Protection KS.   
       In 2003 (30th-Sept. 1) Seven vehicles were swept off of the KS   
               Turnpike, with 4 fatalities...due to flash flooding.   
               Rainfall totals over much of Indiana ranged from 6-10   
               inches.   
      
      
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