TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  November 19, 2015.   
    This is the 323rd day of the year, there are 42 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current   
       weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center   
       website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov   
       In 1921 The Columbia Gorge ice storm finally came to an end.  In   
               Oregon, 54 inches of snow, sleet and glaze blocked the   
               Columbia River Highway at the Dalles.  Apart from traffic   
               on the river itself, all transportation between Walla   
               Walla WA and Portland OR came to a halt.  Nine trains   
               were stopped as railroads were blocked for several days.   
       In 1957 Nineteen inches of snow covered the ground at Cresco IA,   
               a record November snow depth for the state.   
       In 1981 An unusually early snowstorm struck the Twin Cities   
               of Minnesota, with as much as a foot of snow reported.   
               The weight of the heavy snow caused the newly inflated   
               fabric dome of the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome in downtown   
               Minneapolis to collapse and rip.   
       In 1987 A sharp cold front pushed across the Great Lakes Region   
               and the Mississippi Valley.  Northwest winds gusting to   
               50 mph in Iowa caused some property damage around   
               Ottumwa, and wind chill readings reached 16 degrees below   
               zero at Hibbing MN.  Showers and thunderstorms over   
               Florida produced 5.80 inches of rain in six hours at   
               Cocoa Beach.   
       In 1988 Strong thunderstorms developed during the mid morning   
               hours and produced severe weather across eastern Texas   
               and the Lower Mississippi Valley into the wee hours of   
               the night.  Thunderstorms spawned twenty-one tornadoes,   
               including thirteen in Mississippi.  One tornado killed   
               two persons and injured eleven others at Nettleton MS,   
               and another tornado injured eight persons at Tuscaloosa   
               AL.  Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail in east   
               Texas and northern Louisiana, and Summit MS was deluged   
               with six inches of rain in four hours.   
       In 1989 Gale force winds continued to produce squalls in the   
               Lower Great Lakes Region early in the day.  Snowfall   
               totals in western New York State reached 24 inches in   
               southern Lewis County, with 21 inches at Highmarket.   
               Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the Northern   
               and Central Plains Region.  Eight cities reported record   
               high temperatures for the date, including Denver CO with   
               a reading of 79 degrees.   
      
      
      
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