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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Aug 28 2017 12:09 am

TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Monday  August 28, 2017.
This is the 240th day of the year, there are 125 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 1898 Torrents of rain accompanied by a furious wind upset the
           rain gage at Fort Mohave AZ.  However, water in a wash
           tub set out on the mesa, clear of everything, measured
           eight inches after the 45 minute storm.
   In 1911 Saint George GA was deluged with 18.00 inches of rain in
           24 hours to establish a state record.
   In 1959 Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin bailed out of his plane
           at a height of 46,000 feet into a violent thunderstorm,
           and lived to write about the 45 minute journey (which
           normally would have been a thirteen minute descent).  He
           described it as one of the most bizarre and painful
           experiences imaginable.
   In 1971 Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Doria caused devastating
           floods in central and northeastern New Jersey resulting
           in 138 million dollars damage.  In southeastern
           Pennsylvania, high winds downed trees and power lines,
           and in New York City, heavy rains flooded streets and
           subways.
   In 1986 The temperature at Apalachicola FL dipped to 62 degrees
           to shatter their previous August record by four degrees,
           having tied their August record high of 99 degrees on the
           2nd of the month.
   In 1987 Severe thunderstorms broke the heat in the southeastern
           U.S. and the Gulf Coast Region, but not before seven
           cities reported record high temperatures for the date.
           The severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph
           downing large trees around Horse Shoe NC, and pelted
           southeast Meridian MS with hail two inches in diameter.
   In 1988 Tropical Storm Chris spawned a tornado near Manning SC
           which killed one person, and spawned three tornadoes in
           North Carolina.  Chris produced one to two foot tides,
           and three to six inch rains, over coastal South Carolina.
           Severe thunderstorms in New York State and Vermont,
           developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which
           killed one person at Hector NY, and produced tennis ball
           size hail at Brandon VT, and wind gusts to 80 mph at
           Lyndonville VT.
   In 1989 Early morning thunderstorms in Nebraska produced 4.50
           inches of rain around McCook, and 4.65 inches around
           Auburn and Brownville.  Showers in Montana pushed the
           rainfall total for the month at Havre past the previous
           August record of 3.90 inches.
   In 2012 After affecting the Windward and Leeward Islands, the
           Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, and Florida (especially)
           the Keys), Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Plaquemines
           Parish, just southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi
           River, with 80 mph winds. A storm surge of up to 12 feet
           occurred to the right of where Isaac made landfall. The
           remnants headed across Arkansas, then north into Missouri,
           and eventually the Ohio Valley. Isaac brought flooding
           rains and tornadoes to many areas. He made a second
           landfall along the coast of Louisiana just west of Port
           Fourchon, with 80 mph winds (28th-29th).


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