Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed May 03 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Wednesday May 3, 2017.
This is the 123rd day of the year, there are 242 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 1895 A tornado leveled 2 schools miles apart in Sioux County,
Iowa, killing a brother and sister at different schools.
In 1978 Persistent thunderstorms caused widespread flooding in
southeastern Louisiana and extreme southeastern
Mississippi. Rainfall totals of ten to thirteen and a
half inches were reported around New Orleans causing the
worst flooding in thirty years. The water depth reached
three to four feet in several hundred homes, and total
damage was estimated at one hundred million dollars.
In 1987 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas. Softball size hail was reported at Center
Point TX, and a tornado caused three million dollars
damage near Satanta KS. Heavy snow blanketed the
foothills of eastern Colorado, with 18 inches reported at
Divide.
In 1988 Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to the drought-
stricken central U.S. Evening thunderstorms produced
large hail in North Carolina. Baseball size hail was
reported west of Mooresville NC.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern and
Central Plains Region. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 72
mph at Graford TX, and baseball size hail was reported at
Graham TX and Lake Kemp TX.
In 1990 A stubborn late season storm slowly crawled across
southern Colorado the first three days of the month
producing heavy snow from the San Juan Mountains to
the southeastern plains. The storm produced up to three
feet of snow in the high elevations of southern Colorado,
and 18 to 22 inches of snow along the eastern slopes of
the Central Mountains of New Mexico. Pueblo CO reported
a record 10.6 inches of snow for the month, as a result
of the storm, and a record total for the winter season of
69.6 inches.
In 1999 A violent F5 tornado devastated much of Oklahoma City; winds
were measured by Doppler On Wheels to be 318 mph; just below
an F6 on the Fujita Tornado Scale.
In 2013 Snow fell for the first time in recorded weather history in
the month of May in portions of northeast Oklahoma and
northwest Arkansas. Sleet mixed in with the snow in some
areas. Snow acculations ranged from 1 to 4 inches.
