Tuesday Daily Weather Summary

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

This Daily Weather Summary contains Historical Weather Events for this date. The latest weather information on the AMS Weather Studies homepage will continue to be updated. We are suggesting that persons looking for an alternative national weather summary might try:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/default.htm (USA Today)
or
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/index.html (The Weather Channel)

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 29 June

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

...1931...The temperature at Monticello, FL hit 109 degrees to establish an all-time record for the Sunshine State. (The Weather Channel)
...1954...Hurricane Alice dumped as much as 27 inches of rain on the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The Rio Grande River at Laredo reached a level 12.6 feet above its previous highest mark, and the roadway of the U.S. 90 bridge was thirty feet below the high water. (David Ludlum)
...1975...Litchville, ND recorded 8.10 inches of rain for a state 24-hour precipitation record. (NCDC)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes Region, with reports of large hail and damaging winds most numerous in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes in Michigan. A tornado near Clare, MI was accompanied by softball size hail. In Colorado, an untimely winter-like storm blanketed Mount Evans with six inches of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Alpena, MI reported a record low of 39 degrees while Jackson, MS equaled their record for the month of June with an afternoon high of 105 degrees. Thunderstorms in the central U.S. soaked Springfield, MO with 3.62 inches of rain, a record for the date. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern and Central High Plains Region. Thunderstorms in Colorado produced softball size hail at Kit Carson, while pea to marble size hail caused ten million dollars damage to crops in Philips County, CO. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1994...The mercury hit a scorching 128 degrees at Lake Havasu City, AZ to set a new all-time record high temperature for the Grand Canyon State. This reading also tied the one at Death Valley, CA on the same day for the US June record. The previous state record for Arizona was 127 degrees set at Parker on 7 July 1905. (NCDC) (Accord's Weather Guide Calendar)