TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  January 22, 2013.   
    This is the 22nd day of the year, there are 343 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1943 Chinook winds during the early morning hours caused the   
               temperature at Spearfish SD to rise from 4 below zero to   
               45 above in just two minutes, the most dramatic temperature   
               rise in world weather records.  An hour and a half later   
               the mercury plunged from 54 above to 4 below zero in   
               twenty-seven minutes.   
       In 1987 A winter storm spread snow from central Mississippi through   
               northern Georgia to New England.  Up to 15 inches of snow   
               fell across the heavily populated areas of Virginia,   
               Maryland and Delaware.  Traffic tie-ups nearly paralyzed   
               the Washington D.C. area.  Winds gusted to 76 mph at   
               Chatham MA, and in Pennsylvania, snowfall totals ranged up   
               to 21 inches at Dushore.  Williamsport PA received five   
               inches of snow in just one hour.   
       In 1988 The nation was free of winter storms for a day, however,   
               winds in southern California gusted to 80 mph in the   
               Grapevine area of the Tehachapi Mountains, and winds along   
               the eastern slopes of the Rockies reached 100 mph in the   
               Upper Yellowstone Valley of Montana.   
       In 1989 Low pressure brought heavy rain and gale force winds to   
               Florida.  Daytona Beach was drenched with 5.48 inches of   
               rain in 24 hours to establish a January record for that   
               location, and winds at Titusville FL gusted to 63 mph.   
       In 1990 It was a very tame and peaceful mid winter day. Mild weather   
               prevailed across the nation, with rain and snow primarily   
               confined to the northeastern U.S. and the Pacific Northwest.   
               Warm weather continued in Florida.  Highs of 83 degrees at   
               Hollywood and 85 degrees at Miami were records for the date.   
       In 2012 Seven tornadoes plowed across south Arkansas, with one   
               severe storm producing 5 tornadoes across 6 counties. The   
               hardest areas were the north side of Fordyce, and a 150   
               year old church in Kingsland was destroyed. Of the   
               tornadoes, four were EF1, and three were EF2. The tornadic   
               storm had rotation on Doppler radar for well over 100   
               miles.   
      
      
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