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Ärende: Today In Weather History
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 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Monday  April 24, 2006.
 This is the 114th day of the year, there are 251 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1899 Two women and one son lived to tell the story of being
            picked up by a tornado, and carried more than 1/4 of a
            mile, flying far above the church steeples, before being
            gently set down again. The young boy and one of the ladies
            said they had the pleasure of flying alongside a horse.
            The horse "kicked and struggled" as it flew high above,
            and was set down unharmed about a mile away.
    In 1908 Severe thunderstorms spawned eighteen tornadoes over across
            the Central Gulf Coast States killing 310 persons. The state
            of Mississippi was hardest hit.  A tornado near Hattiesburg
            MS killed 143 persons and caused more than half a million
            dollars damage.  Four violent tornadoes accounted for
            279 of the 310 deaths.  The deadliest of the four tornadoes
            swelled to a width of 2.5 miles as it passed near Amite LA.
            The tornado also leveled most of Purvis MS.
    In 1930 A low level updraft in Hinaidi and Baghdad, Iraq slowed
            falling hail to 9 mph, creating hailstones 1 5/8" in
            diameter.
    In 1987 Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Middle
            Atlantic Coast Region.  Up to seven inches of rain drenched
            Virginia in three days.  Morgantown WV received 4.27 inches
            in 24 hours, and flooding was reported in south central West
            Virginia.
    In 1988 Low pressure produced high winds and severe thunderstorms in
            the Southern Plains Region.  Strong thunderstorm winds
            destroyed two mobile homes at Whitt TX, injuring two persons.
            Winds associated with the low pressure system gusted to 70
            mph at Guadalupe Pass TX.
    In 1989 Twenty cities in the central U.S. reported record high
            temperatures for the date.  Russell KS was the hot spot in
            the nation with a reading of 101 degrees. Evening
            thunderstorms produced severe weather from Colorado to
            Wisconsin.  Hail four and a half inches in diameter was
            reported at Sargeant NE.
    In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern
            High Plains to north central Kansas.  Thunderstorms spawned
            ten tornadoes, including one which injured four persons and
            caused 1.5 million dollars damage at Shattuck OK.
            Thunderstorms also produced softball size hail at Wheeler,
            TX, wind gusts to 85 mph southwest of Arnett, OK, and
            13.45 inches of rain near Caldwell, TX, which resulted in
            the worst flooding in recent memory for that area.
    In 2002 Tornadoes hit the Midwest eastward...with southeast
            Missouri being the hardest hit.
            Severe thunderstorms with large hail, high winds, and
            tornadoes struck the lower Mississippi Valley, with
            the most tornadoes across Mississippi. Brandon, MS was
            the hardest hit, with several injures, and 7300 homes
            were without power at the height of the storm.

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