DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Thursday, 23 May 2013

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 23 May

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

• ...1882...An unusual late season snow blanketed eastern Iowa, with four to six inches reported around Washington. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
• ...1953...The temperature at Hollis, OK soared from a morning low of 70 degrees to an afternoon high of 110 degrees, to establish a state record for the month of May. (The Weather Channel)
• ...1987...Numerous thunderstorms developed across the central U.S. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Shreveport, LA and golf ball size hail at Marfa, TX. Hobart, OK received 3.55 inches of rain in the morning, and another 4.03 inches of rain that evening. Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced 8.5 inches of rain in two hours north of Potter, and 7.5 inches of rain in ninety minutes north of Minatare. Thunderstorms in Colorado produced five inches of hail at Greeley. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
• ...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather across much of the eastern U.S. Golf ball size hail was reported in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ohio. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
• ...1989...Severe thunderstorms developing along a cold front resulted in 98 reports of large hail and damaging winds in the Northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley. Golf ball size hail caused a million dollars damage around Buffalo City, WI, baseball size hail was reported at Northfield, MN and Randolph, MN. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 95 mph at Dunkerton, IA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
  Unseasonably hot weather continued in the south central U.S. Pueblo, CO equaled their May record with a high of 98 degrees, and the high of 106 degrees at Midland, TX marked a record six straight days of 100 degree heat. (The National Weather Summary)
• ...1990...A cold front crossing the western U.S. produced snow over parts of Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah, with five inches reported at Austin, NV, and four inches at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Strong winds behind the cold front sharply reduced visibility in blowing dust over central California, and two multi-vehicle accidents resulted in one death and eighteen injuries. In northern Idaho, a cloudburst washed tons of topsoil, and rocks as large as footballs, into the valley town of Culdesac. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
• ...1991...Thunderstorms in the Denver, CO metropolitan area produced large hail up to golf ball size. An estimated 5000 homes and 8000 cars received considerable damage. Hail accumulated to a depth of 6 inches in Aurora. (Intellicast)