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DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Friday, 21 August 2015

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 21 August

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

...1883...A F5 tornado hit Rochester, MN killing 30 persons, injuring 200, and wrecking 1351 dwellings. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1888...A tornado swarm occurred in Maryland and Delaware. Many waterspouts were seen over Chesapeake Bay. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
...1918...A tornado struck Tyler, MN killing 36 persons and destroying most of the business section of the town resulting in a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1921...Seattle WA had its heaviest rainstorm for August when 0.59 inches fell in 60 minutes. (Intellicast)
...1938...Thirty-six people were killed and 225 injured when an F4 tornado ripped through Tyler, MN. Total damage was $2 million. (Intellicast)
...1983...The temperature at Fayetteville, NC soared to 110 degrees to establish a state high temperature record. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Early morning thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Iowa and west central Illinois. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 82 mph at Moline, IL, and tennis ball size hail at Independence, IA. Rock Island, IL was drenched with 3.70 inches of rain. Total damage for the seven-county area of west central Illinois was estimated at twelve million dollars. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Iowa, produced wind gusts to 63 mph in the Council Bluffs area, and drenched Sioux Center, IA with up to 6.61 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from Kansas to Minnesota and North Dakota. Thunderstorms in Minnesota produced baseball size hail from Correll to north of Appleton. Thunderstorms in north central Kansas produced wind gusts higher than 100 mph at Wilson Dam. Thunderstorms around Lincoln, NE produced baseball size hail and up to five inches of rain, and Boone, NE was deluged with five inches of rain in an hour and a half. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...The temperature at Sacramento, CA hit 90 degrees for the fortieth straight day, a record for that city. (Intellicast)
...2007...Hail with diameters of up to 5.25 inches fell in southeastern South Dakota, resulting in considerable damage to roofs of buildings. The largest hailstone had a circumference of 18.00 inches and weighed 1.0 pound, which represents the largest documented hailstone in South Dakota since records began in 1950. (NCDC)

22 August

...1816...The growing season for corn was cut short as damaging frosts were reported from North Carolina to interior New England in the "Year-without-a-Summer". (David Ludlum)
...1821...Tornado rips through Tybee Island, GA destroying a wing of the U.S. Army barracks. (Intellicast)
...1923...The temperature at Anchorage, AK reached 82 degrees, a record for August for the location which was later tied on the 2nd in 1978. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A cold front lowered temperatures 20 to 40 degrees across the north central U.S., and produced severe thunderstorms in Ohio and Lower Michigan. An early morning thunderstorm near Sydney, MI produced high winds that spun a car around 180 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Astoria, OR and 104 degrees at Medford, OR were records for the date, and the number of daily record highs across the nation since the first of June topped the 2000 mark. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Evening thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced golf ball size hail at May City, IA, and wind gusts to 66 mph at Balltown, IA. Lightning struck a barn in Fayette County, IA killing 750 hogs. Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Havre. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Thunderstorms dropped heavy rains in Virginia with Nassawadox recording 12 inches in just 2 hours. Numerous road washouts occurred including several on U.S. 13, a major route to the Tidewater area. (Intellicast)
...1994...Hurricane John while about 390 miles south of Hilo, HI was found to have winds at 170 mph and pressure down to 920 mb, making it the strongest hurricane ever in the Central Pacific. It was the third category 5 storm in this area in a month, unprecedented since records began. (Intellicast)

23 August

...1906...Thunderstorms deluged Kansas City, MO with six inches of rain during the early morning, including nearly three inches in thirty minutes. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
...1921...Denver, CO was drenched with 2.20 inches of rain in one hour, a record for that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1933...The Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall over Nag's Head, NC and moved over Norfolk, VA, Chesapeake Bay and Washington, DC. Winds gusted to 88 mph at Norfolk, VA. A tide seven feet above normal flooded businesses in Norfolk, and damage in Maryland was estimated at seventeen million dollars. Sixty percent of Atlantic City, NJ was flooded as was 10 square miles of southwest Philadelphia, PA. Forty seven people were killed and damage was estimated at $47 million (in depression-era dollars) (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1970...Dry thunderstorms ignited more than one hundred fires in the Wenatchee and Okanogan National Forests of Washington State. Hot, dry, and windy weather spread the fires, a few of which burned out of control through the end of the month. More than 100,000 acres burned. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A cold front brought autumn-like weather to the Northern and Central Plains Region. Afternoon highs were in the 50s and 60s across parts of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska that just two days earlier were in the 90s or above 100 degrees. Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced hail an inch in diameter, wind gusts to 64 mph, and 2.62 inches of rain at Tucson, AZ resulting in three million dollars damage. Cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. Hartford, CT reported a record low of 42 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with flash flooding in West Virginia. Pickens, WV reported 4.80 inches of rain in 24 hours. Evening thunderstorms in Mississippi deluged Alta Woods with 4.25 inches of rain in less than one hour. Thunderstorms also produced heavy rain in southeastern Kentucky, and flooding was reported along Big Creek and along Stinking Creek. The Stinking Creek volunteer fire department reported water levels 12 to 14 feet above bankfull. Fort Worth, TX hit the 100-degree mark for the first time all year. Strong winds ushering cool air into northwest Utah gusted to 70 mph, raising clouds of dust in the salt flats. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...Hurricane Andrew on its way to Florida with winds of 150 mph, struck northern Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. The storm surge reached 23 feet. Total damage on the islands topped $250 million. An unusually strong surge of arctic air resulted in a record early snow and record cold temperatures over Montana. Great Falls had 5 inches of snow, first ever in August. Glacier National Park measured 13 inches. (Intellicast)

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