Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Mar 28 2017 02:31 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Tuesday March 28, 2017.
This is the 87th day of the year, there are 278 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 1917 Thane Creek AK reported a snow cover of 190 inches.
In 1920 The worst tornado disaster of record occurred in
Chicago IL as a tornado killed 28 persons and caused
three million dollars damage.
In 1935 (28th-31st) A severe dust storm, lasting 84 hours, blanketed
Amarillo Texas, leaving visibility near zero for one 6 hour
period.
In 1984 A severe outbreak of tornadoes hit the Carolinas.
Thunderstorms spawned 22 tornadoes during the late
afternoon and evening hours which killed 57 persons and
injured 1248 others. Nearly half the deaths occurred
in mobile homes. A tornado from near Tatum SC to
southern Cumberland County NC was 2.5 miles in width
at times.
In 1987 A blizzard raged from southern Nebraska to central
Iowa. Snowfall totals ranged up to 17 inches at Blue
Hill NE. Winds gusted to 68 mph at Carroll IA. High
winds produced snow drifts twenty feet high in western
Iowa, and produced wind chill readings as cold as
30 degrees below zero in Nebraska. The snowfall total
of 9.4 inches at Omaha NE was a record for the date.
In 1988 Severe thunderstorms in central Oklahoma produced
hail up to four inches in diameter causing 35 million
dollars in southern Oklahoma County. Baseball size
hail and seven inches of rain caused another eighteen
million dollars damage in Stephens County.
In 1989 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern
and Central Plains to the Atlantic coast. Eighteen
cities reported new record high temperatures for the
date. The afternoon high of 81 degrees at Beckley WV
was a record for March, and the high of 90 degrees in
downtown Baltimore MD tied their March record.
In 1990 A storm system brought heavy snow to the west central
and southern mountains of Wyoming, and high winds to
the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. Snowfall
totals in Wyoming ranged up to 10 inches at the Snowy
Ski Range Area, and the storm pushed the snowfall total
for the month at Cheyenne above 37 inches, surpassing
their previous record for March of 35 inches.
In 2000 Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas were hit by F2 and F3
tornadoes, respectively. Four were killed, and hundreds
more were injured and left homeless.
