TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  November 10, 2012.   
    This is the 315th day of the year, there are 51 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1915 An unusually late season tornado struck the central   
               Kansas town of Great Bend killing eleven persons along   
               its 35 mile track.  The tornado destroyed 160 homes in   
               Great Bend and caused a million dollars damage. Hundreds   
               of dead ducks dropped from the sky northeast of the   
               track's end.   
       In 1975 Another "freshwater fury" hit the Great Lakes.  A large   
               ore carrier on Lake Superior, the Edmund Fitzgerald, sank   
               near Crisp Point with the loss of its crew of 29 men.   
               Eastern Upper Michigan and coastal Lower Michigan were   
               hardest hit by the storm, which produced wind gusts to 71   
               at Sault Ste Marie MI, and gusts to 78 mph at Grand   
               Rapids MI.  Severe land and road erosion occurred along   
               the Lake Michigan shoreline.  A popular hit song by   
               Gordon Lightfoot was inspired by the storm.   
       In 1987 A cold front brought snow to the Appalachian Region and   
               freezing temperatures to the central U.S.  Up to nine   
               inches of snow blanketed Garrett County of extreme   
               western Maryland.  Freezing temperatures were reported as   
               far south as El Paso TX and San Angelo TX.  Gale force   
               winds lashed the Middle Atlantic Coast and the coast of   
               southern New England.  Thunderstorms brought fire   
               quenching rains to Alabama, and produced large hail and   
               damaging winds in eastern North Carolina.  Ahead of the   
               cold front, seven cities in Florida and Georgia reported   
               record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed   
               into the 80s.   
       In 1988 Strong winds circulating around a deep low pressure   
               system in southeastern Ontario buffeted the northeastern   
               U.S., with the Lower Great Lakes Region hardest hit.   
               Winds in western New York State gusted to 68 mph at   
               Buffalo, to 69 mph at Niagra Falls, and to 78 mph at   
               Brockport.  Four persons were injured at Rome NY when a   
               tree was blown onto their car.   
       In 1989 Strong southwesterly winds prevailed along the eastern   
               slopes of the Rockies in Montana and Wyoming.  Winds of   
               80 to 90 mph prevailed across the northwest chinook zone   
               of Montana, with gusts to 112 mph.  Unseasonably warm   
               weather accompanied the high winds.  Shortly after   
               midnight the temperature at Kalispell MT reached a record   
               59 degrees. Windy and wet weather prevailed across   
               Washington State. Strong southerly winds gusted to 70 mph   
               at Rattlesnake Ridge, near Hanford.  Six rivers in western   
               Washington State rose above flood stage between the 9th   
               and the 11th of the month, following eight days of moderate   
               to heavy rain.  Rainfall over the western slopes of the   
               Cascade Mountains between the 3rd and the 10th ranged from   
               14 to 24 inches.  High freezing levels also caused the early   
               snowpack to melt, adding to the runoff in the rain swollen   
               rivers.  Damage was heaviest in Whatcom County, where the   
               Nooksack River caused nearly six million dollars damage,   
               mostly to roads and bridges.   
       In 1999 Snowplows had to be called out in Eden Prarie, MN to clean   
               up after a hailstorm.   
       In 2002 (9th-11th) A widespread severe weather and tornado outbreak   
               affected a large area from Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana   
               eastward across the Mississippi River, to the east coast.   
               One tornado late on the 9th blew out the windows of a law   
               enforcement vehicle in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Coverage   
               and intensity both increased dramatically on the 10th, with   
               Tornado Watches and Tornado Warnings covering areas from   
               Pennsylvania southwest to Louisiana on the 10th. Damage was   
               widespread, with many injuries and fatalities across several   
               states. An F-4 tornado struck Van Wert, Ohio. Mossy Grove,   
               Tennessee, northwest of Knoxville, was all but destroyed.   
               Preliminary reports showed at least 56 tornadoes, and 44   
               fatalities.   
      
      
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