Friday Daily Weather Summary

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Friday, 16 July 2010

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 16 July

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

...1920...A severe hailstorm over parts of Antelope and Boone counties in Nebraska stripped trees of bark and foliage, ruined roofs, and broke nearly every window facing north. (The Weather Channel)
...1946...The temperature at Medford, OR soared to an all-time high of 115 degrees to begin a two week heat wave. During that Oregon heat wave, the mercury hit 100 degrees at Sexton Summit for the only time in forty years of records. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1969...The "wrong way" tornado touched down in central Iowa at Churdan and moved slowly west-northwest for 5 miles. These storms usually move with an easterly component. (Intellicast)
...1975...An early afternoon thunderstorm raked the east side of Tucson, AZ with gale force winds, heavy rain, and numerous lightning strikes. A thirteen-year-old boy was swept through a forty-foot long culvert by raging waters before being rescued. (The Weather Channel)
...1979...Worst tornado in Wyoming history struck Cheyenne. Rated F4, it killed one person and caused $22 million in damage. (Intellicast)
...1983...The morning low of 84 degrees was the all-time record highest daily minimum temperature in Washington, DC. (Intellicast)
...1987...Showers and thunderstorms in the southwestern U.S. ended a record string of thirty-nine consecutive days of 100-degree heat at Tucson, AZ. A thunderstorm at Bullhead City, AZ produced wind gusts to 70 mph reducing the visibility to near zero in blowing dust. Southerly winds gusting to 40 mph pushed temperature readings above 100 degrees in the Northern Plains. Rapid City, SD reported a record high of 106 degrees, following a record low of 39 degrees just three days earlier. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thirty-seven cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 96 degrees at Bluefield, WV and 104 degrees at Charleston, WV were all-time records, and afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Binghamton, NY, 99 degrees at Elkins, WV, and 103 degrees at Pittsburgh, PA, tied all- time records. Highs of 104 degrees at Baltimore, MD and 105 degrees at Parkersburg, WV were records for July, and Beckley, WV equaled their record for July with a high of 94 degrees. Martinsburg, WV was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 107 degrees. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms raked the northeastern U.S. with large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms developing along a stationary front drenched the Middle Atlantic Coast States with heavy rain, causing flooding in some areas. More than five inches of rain was reported near Madison, VA and Ferncliff, VA. Hot weather prevailed in Texas. San Angelo reported a record high of 106 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1993...An additional 1.23 inches of rain at Bismarck, ND brought the monthly total to 9.95 inches, a new record. Bismarck ended the month with 13.75 inches. (Intellicast)

17 July

...1934...One of the worst heat waves in the history of the nation commenced. During the last two weeks of the month, extreme heat claimed 679 lives in Michigan, including 300 in Detroit alone. (The Weather Channel)
...1941...A prolonged heat wave over Washington State finally came to an end. Lightning from untimely thunderstorms was responsible for 598 forest fires. (David Ludlum)
...1952...Thunderstorms helped the temperature at Key West, FL to dip to 69 degrees, to equal their July record established on the first of July in 1923. (The Weather Channel)
...1957...On a warm and sunny day at Wilmington, DE, with a high of 86 degrees, a dust devil suddenly appeared. It tore most the roof off one house, and stripped shingles from a neighboring house. A television aerial was toppled, and clothes were blown off clotheslines. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...Corpus Christi, TX set both daily record low (70 degrees) and record high (99 degrees) temperature readings on the same date. (Intellicast)
...1987...Slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas resulting in tragic loss of life. A bus and van leaving a summer youth camp stalled near the rapidly rising river, just west of the town of Comfort, and a powerful surge of water swept away 43 persons, mostly teenagers. Ten drowned in the floodwaters. Most of the others were rescued from treetops by helicopter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...A dozen cities in the eastern U.S., and six others in California, reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown San Francisco, CA, with an all-time record high of 103 degrees, obliterated their previous record high of 82 degrees. Philadelphia, PA reported a record five straight days of 100 degree heat, and Baltimore, MD reported a record eight days of 100 degree weather for the year. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather along the Middle Atlantic Coast, and over southern New England. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from South Dakota to Louisiana, with 126 reports of large hail and damaging winds during the day and night. Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced hail four inches in diameter in Frontier County, and at North Platte, causing millions of dollars damage to crops in Frontier County. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Peggs. Tahlequah, OK was drenched with 5.25 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1994...Atlanta, GA endured its 14th straight day of rain, tying a record. Monthly total of 17.71 inches was a record for Atlanta. (Intellicast)

18 July

...1889...A cloudburst in West Virginia along the small creeks in Wirt County, Jackson County and Wood County claimed twenty lives. Rockport, WV reported 19.00 inches of rain in two hours and ten minutes that Thursday evening, setting a 24-hour precipitation record for the Mountain State. Tygart Creek rose 22 feet in one hour, and villages were swept away on Tygart, Slate, Tucker, and Sandy Creeks. (The Weather Channel)
...1942...A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern Pennsylvania, with 30.70 inches in just six hours. The 24-hour rainfall total for the day was 34.50 inches, which set a maximum 24-hour precipitation for the Keystone State. The downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were devastating. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast) (NCDC)
...1986...One of the most "photogenic" tornadoes touched down in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, MN during the late afternoon. The very slow moving tornado actually appeared live on the evening news by way of an aerial video taken by the KARE-TV helicopter crew. The tornado, unlike most, was quite the prima donna, staying visible to tens of thousands of persons for thirty minutes. It was moderate in intensity, with winds of 113-157 mph, and caused 650 thousand dollars damage. (Storm Data)
...1987...Cool weather prevailed in the western U.S. Seven cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Alamosa, CO with a reading of 38 degrees. The low of 52 degrees at Bakersfield, CA was a record for July. Up to eight inches of snow covered the Northern Sierra Nevada Range of California from a storm the previous day. During that storm, winds gusting to 52 mph at Slide Mountain, NV produced a wind chill reading of 20 degrees below zero. Susanville, CA reached 17 degrees that previous day, Blue Canyon, CA dipped to a July record of 36 degrees, and the high of 44 degrees at Klamath Falls, OR smashed their previous record for July by ten degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Sweltering heat continued in California, with record high temperatures of 111 degrees at Redding and 112 degrees at Sacramento. Death Valley, CA hit 127 degrees. Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the Central Plains Region produced baseball size hail at Kimball, NE, wind gusts to 79 mph at Colby, KS, and six inches of rain near Lexington, NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, northern Texas and Arkansas during the afternoon, and into the night. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail at Stamford, TX, and wind gusts to 92 mph near Throckmorton, TX. Record heat continued in the southwestern U.S. Phoenix, AZ reported a record high of 115 degrees, and a 111-degree reading at Midland, TX was second only to their all-time record high of 112 degrees established sixteen days earlier. (The National Weather Summary)
...1996...Aurora, IL received 16.91 inches of rain, which established a new 24-hour precipitation record for the Prairie State. (NCDC)

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