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DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Friday, 2 August 2013

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 2 August

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

...1954...Severe thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail for thirty minutes in north central Kansas. One drift measured 200 feet long, seventy feet wide and three feet deep. (The Weather Channel)
...1975...Record heat gripped New England on "Hot Saturday". State high temperature records were established in Massachusetts with 107 degrees at Chester and New Bedford and in Rhode Island at Providence with 104 degrees. The heat along the coast of Maine was unprecedented, with afternoon highs of 101 degrees at Bar Harbor and 104 degrees at Jonesboro. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Hot weather continued in the central U.S. Fifteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Concordia, KS with a reading of 106 degrees, and Downtown Kansas City, MO with a high of 105 degrees. Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Ohio Valley and the north central U.S. Thunderstorms in South Dakota produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Philip, and hail two inches in diameter at Faulkton. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Searing heat continued from the Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley to the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast States. Twenty-six cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Chicago, IL reported a record seven days of 100-degree heat for the year. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Low pressure representing the remains of Hurricane Chantal deluged north central Texas with heavy rain. Up to 6.50 inches drenched Stephens County and Wichita Falls reported 2.22 inches of rain in just one hour. Bismarck, ND reported a record warm morning low of 75 degrees, and record hot afternoon high of 101 degrees, and evening thunderstorms in North Dakota produced wind gusts to 78 mph at Lakota. Early evening thunderstorms in Florida produced high winds that downed trees at Christmas. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

3 August

...1885...A tornado hit Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ along its eight mile path. (David Ludlum)
...1898...Philadelphia, PA had one of its worst thunderstorms ever when 5.84 inches fell in just 2 hours. (Intellicast)
...1970...Hurricane Celia made landfall near Port Aransas on the Texas coast, producing wind gusts to 161 mph at Corpus Christi, and estimated wind gusts of 180 mph at Aransas Pass. Even at Del Rio, 250 miles inland, Celia produced wind gusts to 89 mph. The hurricane was the most destructive of record along the Texas coast causing 454 million dollars damage as 8,950 homes were destroyed on the Coastal Bend. Celia also claimed eleven lives and injured 466 people. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1987...A severe thunderstorm moved across Cheyenne, WY during the midafternoon. The thunderstorm produced hailstones up to two inches in diameter causing more than 37 million dollars damage.
The eastern U.S. sweltered in the heat. A dozen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Paducah, KY with a reading of 102 degrees. Beckley, WV established an all-time record with an afternoon high of 93 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from the Central High Plains to the Upper Great Lakes Region. Thunderstorms around Fort Collins, CO produced wind gusts to 74 mph along with marble size hail. Sixteen persons were injured in the storm, most of whom were accidentally locked out of their office building, having evacuated it when the fire alarm went off, apparently triggered by lightning. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms representing what remained of Hurricane Chantal drenched Wichita, KS with 2.20 inches of rain in four hours during the early morning. Thunderstorms developing in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 85 mph at Baudette during the afternoon, and softball size hail at Lake Kabetogama, during the evening. Jamestown, ND reported a record afternoon high of 103 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1995...South Bend, IN received 4.83 inches of rain in 24 hours to set the city's greatest daily rainfall record. (Intellicast)

4 August

...1882...A vivid aurora was visible from Oregon to Maine, down the east coast as far as Mayport, FL, and inland as far as Wellington, KS. Observers at Louisville, KY noted "merry dancers" across the sky, and observers at Saint Vincent, MN noted it was probably the most brilliant ever seen at that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1930...The temperature at Moorefield, WV soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record, having reached 110 degrees the previous day. This new record for the Mountain State was subsequently tied in July 1936. Widespread drought after April of that year caused some towns to haul water for domestic use, and many manufacturing plants were barely operational. (The Weather Channel)
...1961...Spokane, WA reached an all-time record high temperature of 108 degrees. Kalispell, MT set an all-time record with a reading of 105 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...A record forty-two consecutive days of 100 degree heat finally came to an end at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. July 1980 proved to be the hottest month of record with a mean temperature of 92 degrees. July had just one day of rain, while no measurable rain was received in August. Eighteen more days of 100-degree heat were recorded in August, and four in September. Hot weather that summer contributed to the deaths of 1200 people nationally, and losses from the heat across the country were estimated at twenty billion dollars. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A cold front brought relief from the heat to a large part of the Midwest, while hot weather continued in the south central and eastern U.S. Morning thunderstorms in Nebraska deluged the town of Dalton with 8.71 inches of rain, along with hail three inches in diameter, which accumulated up to four feet deep near the town of Dix. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Iowa to Lower Michigan during the afternoon and evening hours, producing golf ball size hail and spawning several tornadoes. A thunderstorm at Maquoketa, IA produced wind gusts to 75 mph. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas to the Great Lakes Region, with 150 reports of large hail or damaging winds during the afternoon, evening, and nighttime hours. Thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Claremont, MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Milwaukee, WI. Thunderstorms representing what once was Hurricane Chantal produced five inches of rain at Grant, MI, and deluged Chicago, IL with more than three inches of rain in three hours. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

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