TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  November 18, 2012.   
    This is the 323rd day of the year, there are 43 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1873 A severe storm raged from Georgia to Nova Scotia causing   
               great losses to fishing fleets along the coast.  In   
               Maine, the barometric pressure reached 28.49 inches at   
               Portland.   
       In 1955 An early season cold snap finally came to an end.  Helena   
               MT experienced 138 consecutive hours of subzero   
               temperatures, including a reading of 29 below zero, which   
               surpassed by seven degrees their previous record for the   
               month of November.  Missoula MT broke their November   
               record by 12 degrees with a reading of 23 below zero, and   
               Salt Lake City UT smashed their previous November record   
               of zero with a reading of 14 below.  Heavy snow in the   
               Great Basin closed Donner Pass CA, and total crop damage   
               from the cold wave amounted to eleven million dollars.   
       In 1957 A tornado, 100 yards in width, travelled a nearly   
               "straight as an arrow" 27-mile path from near Rosa AL to   
               near Albertville AL, killing three persons.  A home in   
               the Susan Moore community in Blount County was picked up   
               and dropped 500 feet away killing one person.   
       In 1979 (14th-18th): 40" of rain was measured over the northeast   
               Hawaii islands, flooding 90% of Waipo Valley farmland.   
       In 1986 The first of two successive snowstorms struck the   
               northeastern U.S.  The storm produced up to 20 inches of   
               snow in southern New Hampshire.  Two days later a second   
               storm produced up to 30 inches of snow in northern Maine.   
       In 1987 It was a windy day across parts of the nation.   
               Gale force winds whipped the Great Lakes Region.   
               Winds gusting to 80 mph in western New York State damaged   
               buildings and flipped over flat-bed trailers   
               at Churchville.  In Montana, high winds in the Upper   
               Yellowstone Valley gusted to 64 mph at Livingston.   
               Strong Santa Ana winds buffeted the mountains and valleys   
               of southern California.   
       In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a warm front drenched   
               Little Rock AR with 7.01 inches of rain, smashing their   
               previous record for the date of 1.91 inches.   
       In 1989 A second surge of arctic air brought record cold to parts   
               of the north central U.S.  Eleven cities in the Upper   
               Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date,   
               including Rochester MN with a reading of 4 below zero.   
               Strong winds ushering the arctic air into the north   
               central U.S. produced squalls in the Lower Great Lakes   
               Region.  Snowfall totals in northern Ohio ranged up to   
               twenty inches in Ashatabula County and Geauga County.   
       In 2003 (17th-18th) Strong thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail   
               affected much of Arkansas. Storm totals were from 2 to over   
               5 inches of rain, with several areas of flooding. An upper   
               level low with a cold front on the 18th produced large hail   
               in several areas of the state. The storm system also   
               spawned tornadoes in Alabama and Mississippi.   
      
      
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