TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  December 14, 2015.   
    This is the 348th day of the year, there are 17 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 1924 The temperature at Helena MT plunged 79 degrees in   
               24 hours, and 88 degrees in 34 hours.  The mercury   
               plummeted from 63 above to 25 below zero.  At Fairfield   
               MT the temperature plunged 84 degrees in just 12 hours,   
               from 63 at Noon to 21 below zero at midnight.   
       In 1987 A powerful storm spread heavy snow from the Southern High   
               Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley, and produced   
               severe thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley.   
               During the evening a tornado hit West Memphis AR killing   
               six persons and injuring two hundred others.  The tornado   
               left 1500 persons homeless, and left all of the residents   
               of Crittendon County without electricity.  Kansas City MO   
               was blanketed with 10.8 inches of snow, a 24 hour record   
               for December, and snowfall totals in the Oklahoma   
               panhandle ranged up to 14 inches.  Strong winds, gusting   
               to 63 mph at Austin TX, ushered arctic cold into the   
               Great Plains, and caused considerable blowing and   
               drifting of snow.   
       In 1988 Blowing snow was reported in western Kansas, as snow and   
               gusty winds plagued the Central Rockies and the Central   
               High Plains.  Colorado Springs CO reported thirteen   
               inches of snow.  Low pressure in Wisconsin brought heavy   
               snow to the Lake Superior snowbelt area, with 22 inches   
               reported at Marquette MI.   
       In 1989 High winds and heavy snow prevailed from Montana to   
               Colorado.  Snowfall totals in Wyoming ranged up to   
               20 inches at Burgess Junction, leaving up to 48 inches on   
               the ground in the northeast sections of the state.  Wind   
               gusts in Colorado reached 87 mph south of the town of   
               Rollinsville. Strong northwesterly winds continued to   
               produce heavy snow squalls in the Great Lakes Region.   
               Totals in northeastern Lower Michigan ranged up to 29   
               inches at Hubbard Lake, with 28 inches reported at Posen.   
               Two day totals in northeast Wisconsin ranged up to 30   
               inches.   
       In 2012 The first ever December tornado in the Amarillo, Texas   
               National Weather Service Forecast Area, occurred about   
               three miles northeast of Washburn, Texas.   
      
      
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