TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  December 2, 2012.   
    This is the 337th day of the year, there are 29 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1896 An early season snow and ice storm struck the   
               southeastern U.S.  It produced 11 inches of snow at   
               Charlotte NC, and six inches at Atlanta GA.   
       In 1925 A late season hurricane caused extensive damage across   
               the Florida peninsula, then moved off the Georgia coast   
               crossing Cape Hatteras as a tropical storm.  The storm   
               produced whole gales along the Middle Atlantic and   
               Southern New England coast.  Winds gusted to 60 mph at   
               Block Island RI, and reached 64 mph at Atlantic City. NJ,   
       In 1950 A late season tornado killed four persons in Madison and   
               Bond counties east of St Louis MO.  Three tornadoes   
               touched down in Illinois that afternoon, compared to just   
               half a dozen tornadoes in the month of December in 115   
               years of records up until that time. Thunderstorms also   
               produced hail which caused more than four million dollars   
               damage in the St Louis area...it was the most damaging   
               hailstorm of record for Missouri.   
       In 1970 A tornado, 400 yards in width, touched down about one   
               mile below the summit of Timpanogos Divide.  Trees up to   
               18 inches in diameter were snapped, and some of the 38   
               inch snow cover was carried 1000 feet above the ground as   
               the tornado traveled one mile.   
       In 1982 A tornado destroyed a home four miles south of Eastwood   
               MO.  The owners were not injured in that tornado, but   
               ironically one was killed Christmas Eve when another   
               tornado hit the replacement mobile home on the same site.   
               The same day, tornadoes struck the Twin Lakes subdivision   
               of western Little Rock. The sky became a dark green at   
               mid-afternoon, with tornado sirens echoing through the air.   
       In 1987 A powerful storm over the Gulf of Alaska continued to   
               produced high winds and heavy rain along the northern and   
               central Pacific coast.  Winds gusted to 80 mph south of   
               Port Orford OR, Stevens Pass WA was blanketed with   
               sixteen inches of snow, and Blue Canyon CA was soaked   
               with 1.63 inches of rain.   
       In 1988 Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced ten inches of   
               snow at Union City PA.  Gale force winds gusted to 55 mph   
               at Buffalo NY.   
       In 1989 Squalls produced heavy snow in the Great Lakes Region.   
               Totals in Upper Michigan ranged up to 20 inches at   
               Ironwood.  Heavy snow and high winds caused 150 auto   
               accidents in Michigan, resulting in sixteen deaths and 22   
               injuries.  Strong northwest winds gusted to 73 mph at   
               Johnstown PA, and Lowville PA received 20 inches of snow   
               in 36 hours.   
      
      
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