Wednesday Daily Weather Summary

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

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or
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/index.html (The Weather Channel)

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 23 June

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast

...1902...The temperature at Volcano Springs, CA soared to 129 degrees to set a June record high temperature for the U.S. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders)
...1944...Four tornadoes killed 154 persons, injured 966 and caused five million dollars damage in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. Several were thought to reach F4 intensity. The tornadoes formed during the evening and moved southeast along parallel paths flattening everything in their way. The town of Shinnston, WV was leveled, with 100 people killed. Until that time, the commonly held thought was that damaging tornadoes did not travel across mountainous terrain. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1957...A few miles west of Fort Stockton, TX, softball size hail injured 21 persons unable to find shelter, mostly farm laborers. Some livestock were killed. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A massive hailstorm hit eastern Colorado causing an estimated 60 to 70 million dollars damage. At La Junta, CO, hail as large as softballs caused 37 million dollars damage. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thirty-four cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The reading of 90 degrees at Bluefield, WV equaled their record for the month of June. The record high of 104 degrees at Billings, MT was their thirteenth of the month. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Six cities in the High Plains Region reported record low temperatures for the date, including Sheridan, WY with a reading of 38 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms in the eastern U.S. deluged New Castle County, DE with 2.5 inches of rain in one hour. (The National Weather Summary)

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