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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 Sunday  August 13, 2006.
 This is the 225th day of the year, there are 140 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1831 A blue sun was widely observed in the southern states.
            The phenomena was believed to have pre-staged
            Nat Turner's slave uprising.
    In 1919 High winds and heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic
            Coast Region.  In New Jersey, winds gusted to 60 mph
            at Atlantic City, and nine inches of rain fell at
            Tuckerton.  The wind and rain leveled crops and stripped
            trees of fruit causing several million dollars damage.
    In 1980 The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees.
            But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the
            month, their hottest August of record.
    In 1985 Hail larger than golf balls, driven by 70 mph winds,
            moved down crops, stripped trees, and broke windows, near
            Logan KS.  Road graders cleared three foot drifts of hail
            on Kansas Highway 9 east of Logan.
    In 1987 Thunderstorms deluged the Central Gulf Coast States with
            torrential rains.  Thunderstorms in Mississippi drenched
            Marion County with up to 15 inches of rain during the
            morning hours, with 12.2 inches reported at Columbia.
            Floodwaters swept cars away in the Lakeview subdivision
            of Columbia when the the Lakeview Dam broke.  Flash
            flooding caused more than three million dollars damage in
            Marion County.
    In 1988 A dozen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record
            high temperatures for the date.  Lansing MI reported a
            record 35 days of 90 degree weather for the year, Detroit
            MI reported a record 37 days of 90 degree heat for the
            year, and Williamsport PA reported a record 38 days of
            90 degree weather for the year.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing in a tropical airmass over the
            northeastern U.S. soaked Connecticut and Massachusetts
            with 4 to 8 inches of rain over the weekend, between the
            11th and 13th of the month.  Hartford CT received 7.70
            inches of rain.
    In 2004 (12th-15th) Florida became the target of a 1-2 tropical
            weather punch...with Tropical Storm Bonnie hitting
            Appalachicola with 50 mph winds at landfall...then,
            with major Hurricane Charley as a Category 4, with 145
            mph winds passing just to the west of Key West, and
            coming ashore near Fort Myers at Charlotte Harbor on
            the 13th. It was the first major hurricane to hit the
            Florida west coast since Hurricane Donna in 1960.
            Winds gusted to 127 mph at Punta Gorda, and to 105 mph
            at Orlando. Western Cuba was hit with 105 mph winds
            when Charley moved across. After crossing Florida, and
            weakening to a minimal hurricane, Charley moved north,
            hitting Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on the 14th. He
            moved up the east coast as a Tropical Storm, struck
            Long Island, NY, then finally dissipated off of the
            England coast on the 15th. Preliminary damage costs
            were at $15 billion, and over 2 million people across
            Florida alone, were without power. Tragically, many
            were left homeless, with many injuries and fatalities.
            Major theme parks across Florida shut down ahead of
            Charley...the first time that had been done since
            Hurricane Floyd skirted eastern Florida in 1999.

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