DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 22 May

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

• ...1876...Denver, CO was drenched with 6.53 inches of rain in 24 hours, an all-time record for that location. (The Weather Channel)
• ...1911...The temperature at Lewiston, ME soared to 101 degrees, the highest temperature ever recorded in New England during the month of May. (David Ludlum)
• ...1983...The Pearl River was 10 feet over flood stage at Carthage, MS due to heavy rains, the second worst flood in history for Carthage. (Intellicast)
• ...1987...A powerful (F4) tornado virtually wiped the small southwest Texas community of Saragosa off the map. The twister destroyed eighty-five percent of the structures in the town killing thirty persons and injuring 121 others in the town of population 183. The tornado hurled trucks and autos through adobe and wood-frame homes, with some vehicles blown 500 feet. Many of the victims were parents or grandparents of children who died sheltering them from flying debris during a ceremony for Head Start for four-year-olds. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
• ...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Central Gulf Coast States. Tennis ball size hail was reported at Ripley, MS. Showers and thunderstorms in southern Missouri produced 3.20 inches of rain at Springfield to easily surpass their rainfall record for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
• ...1989...Unseasonably hot weather continued in southern Texas and parts of the southwestern U.S. Seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including El Paso, TX with a reading of 100 degrees. Presidio, TX was the hot spot in the nation with a high of 111 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
• ...1990...Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front in the north central U.S. produced severe weather from northwestern Kansas to central Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota. There were twenty-nine reports of damaging winds, or dime to golf ball size hail. Strong thunderstorm winds gusted to 69 mph at Alexandria, MN. Showers and thunderstorms over eastern North Carolina soaked Wilmington with 2.91 inches of rain, which established a record for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)