Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon May 15 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday May 15, 2017.
This is the 135th day of the year, there are 230 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
First day of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season.
In 1834 The Northern Atlantic Coast States were in the midst of
their greatest May snowstorm of record. The hills around
Newbury VT were covered with two to three feet of snow.
In 1968 A tornado touched down southwest of Anchorage AK ...the
only tornado of record in Alaska. On that same day,
Jonesboro in northeast Arkansas was hit by a tornado; 34
people were killed.
In 1972 The worst ice jam flooding of memory for long-time
residents took place along the Kuskokwim River and Yukon
River in Alaska. It was the first time since 1890 that
the two rivers "flowed as one". The towns of Oscarville
and Napaskiak were completely inundated. (15th-31st)
In 1987 Unseasonably warm weather returned to the north central
U.S. Seven cities reported record high temperatures for
the date, including Janestown ND with a reading of 96
degrees. Thunderstorms in Utah produced five inches of
rain south of Bicknell.
In 1988 Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 80 mph
in Oklahoma County, and baseball size hail at Pawnee.
Hail piled up to a dpth of 18 inches south of Pawnee.
Hail damage in Oklahoma was estimated at close to
25 million dollars. Thunderstorms in the Upper Midwest
produced golf ball size hail around Cleveland OH, and
wind gusts to 83 mph at Angola IN.
In 1989 Thunderstorms developing along and north of a stationary
front produced severe weather in the south central U.S.
Thunderstorms spawned 11 tornadoes, and there were 145
reports of large hail and damaging winds. Softball size
hail caused 2.1 million dollars damage at Sherman TX.
In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central
Plains Region and Oklahoma to Indiana and western
Kentucky. Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes,
inclduing seven in Oklahoma, and there were 165 reports
of large hail or damaging winds. A tornado killed one
person, injured a dozen others and caused four million
dollars damage at Stillwater OK, and another injured
eight persons at Foyil OK. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma
also produced wind gusts to 92 mph at Oologah Lake,
and softball size hail at Canton and north of Oakwood.
In 2013 Severe weather blasted much of north and central Texas,
with numerous reports of tornadoes, winds over hurricane
force, and hail to the size of softballs. An EF-3 tornado
hit Cleburne, and an EF-4 tornado hit Granbury. At least
16 tornadoes hit the region, killing at least 6, injuring
over 100, and causing widespread damage.
