Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Nov 19 2016 02:13 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Saturday November 19, 2016.
This is the 324th 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.
