TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  September 4, 2012.   
    This is the 248th day of the year, there are 118 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1939 A thunderstorm deluged Washington D.C. with 4.4 inches of   
               rain in two hours.  September of that year was very dry   
               across much of the nation, and Washington D.C. received   
               more rain in that two hour period than most other places   
               in the country that entire month.   
       In 1970 The greatest natural disaster of record for Arizona   
               occurred.  Unprecedented rains caused rivers in central   
               Arizona to rise five to ten feet per hour, sweeping cars   
               and buildings as far as 30 to 40 miles downstream.   
               Flooding claimed the lives of 23 persons, mainly campers,   
               and caused millions of dollars damage.  Water crested 36   
               feet above normal near Sunflower AZ.  Workman's Creek was   
               deluged with 11.40 inches of rain in 24 hour to establish   
               a state record.  Moisture from Pacific Tropical Storm   
               Norma led to the severe flooding.  (4th-6th)    
       In 1986 An unusually strong dust devil moved across the Flagstaff   
               Pulliam Airport.  The dust devil blew open the doors of   
               the National Weather Service office scattering papers and   
               bringing down a ceiling-mounted light fixture.    
       In 1987 Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front   
               produced heavy rain across the Southern Atlantic Coast   
               States.  Up to eight inches was reported north of   
               Charleston SC.  Serious flooding was reported in Monks   
               Corner SC.  Seven cities in the northeastern U.S.   
               reported record low temperatures for the date.   
               Houlton ME dipped to 32 degrees.   
       In 1988 The western U.S. experienced another day of record heat.   
               The afternoon high of 91 degrees at Stampede Pass WA   
               established an all-time record for that location, and Los   
               Angeles CA equalled their all-time record high with a   
               reading of 110 degrees.  The record high of 107 degrees   
               at San Diego CA was their hottest reading in 25 years.   
               Red Bluff CA was the hot spot in the nation with an   
               afternoon high of 118 degrees.   
       In 1989 Overnight thunderstorm rains of four and a half to seven   
               inches drenched eastern Nebraska during the morning   
               hours, pushing creeks out of their banks, and flooding   
               fields, country roads and city streets.  Totals ranged up   
               to 6.97 inches south of Creston.  It was also a soggy   
               Labor Day for northern Florida, with 6.82 inches of rain   
               reported at Jacksonville.  Evening thunderstorms produced   
               2.75 inches of rain in one hour at Sandlewood FL.   
       In 2010 After being as strong as a category 4 hurricane with 145   
               winds a few days earlier...Tropical Storm Earl with 70   
               mph winds, extending out 205 miles from the center, came   
               ashore near Western Head Nova Scotia...producing a wide   
               area of tropical storm force winds and flooding rain.   
      
      
   --- GTMail 1.26    
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