Tuesday Daily Summary

DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 15 July

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

...1916...A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass, NC was drenched with 22.22 inches of rain, a 24-hour rainfall record for the Tarheel State, and at the time, a 24-hour record for the U.S. (The current 24-hour rainfall record for the US is 43 inches set 25-25 July 1979 at Alvin, TX). Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast) (NCDC)
...1954...The temperature at Balcony Falls, VA soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record for the Old Dominion. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...All-time record high temperature of 108 degrees was set at Memphis, TN. (Intellicast)
...1983...The Big Thompson Creek in Colorado flooded for the second time in seven years, claiming three lives, and filling the town of Estes Park with eight to ten feet of water. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Unseasonably cool weather spread into the south central and eastern U.S. Fifteen cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Houghton Lake, MI with a reading of 37 degrees. The high temperature for the date of 58 degrees at Flint, MI was their coolest of record for July. Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, injuring a cow near Donovan, IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Twenty-six cities east of the Mississippi River reported record high temperatures for the date. Charleston, WV established an all-time record high with a reading of 103 degrees, and Chicago, IL reported a record fifth day of 100-degree heat for the year, as the thermometer reached 102 degrees. A severe thunderstorm moving across Omaha, NE and the Council Bluffs area of west central Iowa spawned three tornadoes, which injured 88 persons, and also produced high winds that injured 18 others. Winds at the Omaha Eppley Airport reached 92 mph. Damage from the storm was estimated at 43 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms drenched Kansas City, MO with 4.16 inches of rain, a record for the date. Two and a half inches of rain deluged the city between noon and 1 PM. Afternoon thunderstorms in South Carolina deluged Williamstown with six inches of rain in ninety minutes, including four inches in little more than half an hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1993...Four inch diameter hail fell at Hot Springs, SD. In North Dakota, Jamestown recorded 6.40 inches of rain, Fargo 5.09 inches and Bismarck 4.08 inches. (Intellicast)
...1995...An unusually strong Mesoscale Convective Complex known as a derecho raced through New York and New England during the early morning hours at speeds exceeding 70 mph. A tremendous amount of damage was reported from powerful hurricane force winds. A major blow-down across the Adirondacks with thousands of trees toppled (causing three fatalities). Winds reached 92 mph in Otis, MA and small tornadoes occurred at Greenfield and Huntington. Later that day farther south, oppressive heat and humidity continued as Danbury, CT topped at 106 degrees a new record for the Nutmeg State. (Intellicast)