Subj : Todays Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Sep 16 2017 12:11 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Saturday September 16, 2017.
This is the 259th day of the year, there are 106 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 1881 Iowa's earliest measurable snow of record fell over
western sections of the state. Four to six inches was
reported between Stuart and Avoca.
In 1928 The hurricane San Felipe, a monster hurricane, which left
600 dead in Guadeloupe, and 300 dead in Puerto Rico,
struck West Palm Beach FL causing enormous damage, and
then headed for Lake Okeechobee. When the storm was
over, the lake covered an area the size of the state of
Delaware, and beneath its waters were 2000 victims. The
only survivors were those who reach large hotels for
safety, and a group of fifty people who got onto a raft
to take their chances out in the middle of the lake.
In 1984 The remains of Tropical Storm Edourd began to produce
torrential rains in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Port Isabel reported more than 21 inches.
In 1987 Overnight rains soaked Arkansas, with 5.25 inches
reported at Bismarck. In the town of Malvern, up to four
feet of water was reported over several downtown streets,
with water entering some homes and businesses.
Thunderstorms in Texas drenched Lufkin with 4.30 inches
of rain in just three hours. Evening thunderstorms
produced severe weather in Missouri. A small tornado
near Kirksville lifted a barn thirty feet into the air
and then demolished it.
In 1988 Hurricane Gilbert moved ashore into Mexico, 120 miles
south of Brownsville, TX during the early evening;
establishing an all-time record for the western
hemisphere with a barometric reading of 26.13 inches.
Peak wind gusts to 200 mph, as well as gusts to 61 mph
at Brownsville, and 82 mph at Padre Island were noted.
Six foot tides eroded three to four feet off beaches
along the Lower Texas Coast, leaving the waterline 75
feet farther inland. Rainfall totals ranged up to 8.71
inches at Lamar TX. Gilbert caused three million dollars
damage along the Lower Texas Coast, but less than a
million dollars damage along the Middle Texas Coast;
but Gilbert devastated Jamaica and the Yucatan Peninsula.
In 1989 Showers and thunderstorms, respresenting what remained of
Hurricane Octave, brought locally heavy rains to
California, impeding the drying process for raisins and
other crops. Sacramento CA was soaked with 1.53 inches
of rain in six hours. At Phoenix AZ, the afternoon high
of 107 degrees marked a record seventy-six days with
afternoon highs 105 degrees or above.
In 2004 (7th-17th) Hurricane Ivan, the fifth hurricane of the 2004
season, began his swath of destruction with heavy rain and
high winds by hitting the Leeward Islands with 115 mph
winds. At least 90 percent of the structures on Grenada
were damaged or destroyed. Ivan increased to 160 mph
(category 5) on the 9th, grazed southern Jamaica with 155
mph winds on the 10th, and alternated between category 4
and 5 over the next several days. Ivan then moved just past
the Cayman Islands and the western tip of Cuba, bringing
winds from 125 to 165 mph to those areas. Finally into the
Gulf Of Mexico, Ivan came ashore at Gulf Shores, AL as a
strong category 3 hurricane on the 16th. Major damage was
all along the the Gulf Coast, with heavy rain, widespread
flooding, high winds, and tornadoes across the region and
southeast United States. The Interstate 10 bridge across
Escambia Bay collapsed into the bay, and several state
roads were heavily damaged by the storm. Many deaths were
blamed on Ivan, from the Caribbean, to the United States,
and further inland. The remnants of Ivan brought heavy
rain and tornadoes to the Tennessee Valley, the Carolinas,
and into the northeast United States. Meanwhile, Tropical
Storm Jeanne hit the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the
Dominican Republic with high winds, heavy rain, and severe
flooding. Jeanne weakened to a depression on the 17th, but
then regained tropical storm and hurricane status over the
next several days, as she meandered near and looped east
of the Bahamas.
In 2010 A severe storm swept through New York City, with 100 mph
straight line winds causing damage to homes, and causing
numerous down trees, power lines, and power outages.
In 2012 Typhoon Samba made landfall in northeast Okinawa, with
120 mph winds.
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