Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Apr 25 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Tuesday April 25, 2017.
This is the 115th day of the year, there are 250 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 1875 New York City received three inches of snow, the latest
measurable snow of record for that location.
In 1880 A violent tornado 400 yds wide in Macon, Mississippi, threw
loaded freight cars 100 yds into homes and carried debris
15 miles away.
In 1898 The temperature at Volcano Springs CA hit 118 degrees to
establish a U.S. record for the month of April.
In 1910 Chicago IL was blanketed with 2.5 inches of snow, and a
total of 6.5 inches between the 22nd and the 26th. It
was the latest significant snow of record for the city.
In 1920 Atlanta GA received 1.5 inches of snow, and experienced
their latest freeze of record with a morning low of 32
degrees. The high of just 39 degrees was only their
second daily high colder than 40 degrees in April.
In 1984 A late season snowstorm struck the Northern Rockies and the
Northern Plains. The storm produced some unsually high
snowfall totals. The town of Lead, located in the Black
Hills of western South Dakota, was buried under 67 inches
of snow. Red Lodge, located in the mountains of southern
Montana, reported 72 inches of snow. Up to 60 inches
blanketed the mountains of northern Wyoming. It was rated
the worst late season storm of record for much of the
affected area. (25th-28th)
In 1987 Low pressure off the coast of North Carolina produced heavy
rain, flooding creeks in the foothills and the Piedmont
produced wind gusts to 50 mph in Virginia.
In 1988 Thunderstorms racing at 65 mph produced large hail in
Alabama and Georgia. Hail damage in Alabama was estimated
at fifty million dollars, making it their worst weather
disaster since Hurricane Frederick in 1979. Hail three
inches in diameter accompanied a tornado near Valdosta GA.
Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported south
of Atlanta GA.
In 1989 Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced
severe weather from North Carolina to Indiana and Ohio,
with more than 70 reports of large hail and damaging winds.
A strong (F-2) tornado hit Xenia OH injuring 16 persons,
and causing more than a million dollars damage.
In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Texas to
Nebraska. Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes, including
a powerful (F-4) tornado near Weatherford TX. Between 3 PM
and 8 PM, a storm complex tracking northeastward across
central Kansas spawned four tornadoes along a 119-mile path
from Ness to Smith Center, with the last tornado on the
ground for 55 miles. Del Rio TX was raked with hail 2 inches
in diameter, and wind gusts to 112 mph. Brown County and
Commanche County in Texas were deluged with up to 18 inches
of rain, and flooding caused more than 65 million dollars
damage. Two dozen cities in the north central U.S. reported
record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 87 degrees
at Flint MI and 90 degrees at Alpena MI were records for
April.
In 2011 (25th-28th) A tornado outbreak, the likes of which had not
seen since the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974, blasted
across much of the southern United States. For the period
from the 25th to the 28th, 362 tornadoes occurred across
several states, including Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama, and Georgia. From 8am Eastern Time April 27 to 8am
Eastern Time April 28, 312 tornadoes occurred. Areas of
Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, were especially hard
hard hit by a tornado that was on the ground for 80 miles,
and a mile and a half wide. Over 350 were killed...with
340 of those deaths on the 27th and 28th. Of the 362
tornadoes, the preliminary storm surveys showed 2 EF-5's,
11 EF-4's, and 21 EF-3's, with the rest EF-0, EF-1, and
EF-2 strength. Many towns were completely obliterated by
the tornadoes. In Arkansas, extensive damage occurred at
the Little Rock Air Force Base near Jacksonville, and in
Vilonia. 10 Arkansans died in the tornadoes.
In 2014 (25th-30th) Several days of severe weather, with moderate to
high risk areas across Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama at
times, affected several areas. An EF-3 tornado on the 25th
at Whichards Beach, North Carolina was the latest tornado
of this magnitude or greater since 1950. There were at least
a dozen tornadoes on the 27th in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana, and Oklahoma. A tornado at Baxter Springs, Kansas
injured 25 people. On the 27th, a tornado went from the
community of Ferndale, Arkansas (just west of Little Rock),
northeast to just northwest of Maumelle, smashing the
communities of Mayflower, Vilonia, and El Paso. The final
rating showed this tornado with EF-4 damage. On the 28th,
numerous tornadoes occurred in Alabama and Mississippi. At
least 6 were killed near Louisville, Mississippi, with an
EF-4 tornado. Multiple injuries were noted on the north
side of Tupelo, Mississippi. Additional tornadoes occurred
in Mississippi and Alabama on the 29th, spreading into
Georgia and the Carolinas on the 30th. Twenty two inches of
rain fell in Pensacola, Florida on the 29th and 30th,
causing widespread flooding and washed out roads.
