Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Nov 07 2016 12:01 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday November 7, 2016.
This is the 312nd day of the year, there are 54 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 1940 The Galloping Gertie bridge at Tacoma WA collapsed in
strong winds, resulting in a six million dollar loss, just
four months after the grand opening of the new bridge.
The winds caused the evenly sized spans of the bridge to
begin to vibrate until the central one finally collapsed.
From then on, bridges were constructed with spans of
varying size.
In 1951 At 7 AM a blinding flash, a huge ball of fire, and a
terrific roar occurred over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and
Kansas, caused by a disintregrating meteor. Windows were
broken in and near Hinton OK by the concussion.
In 1986 An early season blizzard struck the Northern Plains
Region. North Dakota took the brunt of the storm with
wind gusts to 70 mph, and snowfall totals ranged up to 25
inches at Devils Lake.
In 1987 Heavy snow fell across parts of eastern New York State
overnight, with twelve inches reported at the town of
Piseco, located in the Mohawk Valley. A storm in the
southwestern U.S. left nine inches of snow at the Winter
Park ski resort in Colorado. Smoke from forest fires
reduced visibilities to less than a mile at some
locations from North Carolina to Ohio and Pennsylvania.
In 1988 Unseasonably warm weather continued across the state of
Texas. Seven cities reported record high temperatures
for the date, including Waco and Del Rio with readings of
92 degrees. McAllen was the hot spot in the nation with
an afternoon high of 96 degrees.
In 1989 Shortly after daybreak strong thunderstorms developed in
a narrow, but almost stationary, east-west band across
the New Orleans area in southeastern Louisiana. As a
result, heavy rains persisted over the same area until
mid afternoon before tapering off, and triggered flash
flooding across a five county area. Rains of 8 to 12
inches deluged the area between 9 AM and 6 PM, and totals
for the 48 hour period ending at 7 AM on the 8th ranged
up to 19.78 inches, between Lake Lexy and Lake Borgne.
Approximately 6000 homes in the area reported water
damage. The rainfall total for November of 19.81 inches
at New Orleans was their highest total for any given
month of the year.
