Thursday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Thursday, 15 April 1999

UPPER AIR
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE LOWER 48
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
CONCEPT OF THE DAY
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

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UPPER AIR -- The major features in the mid- and upper-tropospheric wind flow as depicted on the 00Z Thursday 500 and 300 mb charts .

YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE LOWER 48 -- The lowest temperature on Wednesday was XX degrees at XXX. Wednesday's high was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....

The lowest overnight temperature in the state as of Wednesday was XX degrees at XXX. The midafternoon state highest temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....

INTERPRETING FORECAST CHARTS -- For a description of how to read and interpret the Forecast charts on the Online Weather Homepage, you can read the optional Thursday Supplemental Information.

CHECK EXACT DATE 14/15 -- A TITANIC EVENT

A TITANIC EVENT -- ?day marked the 87th anniversary of the sinking of the British steamer Titanic following the collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912. Reports showed 1500 people lost their lives in this accident. As result of this disaster, an International Ice Patrol was established to monitor the iceberg hazards in the North Atlantic. Much of the effort is conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 15 April

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

...1854...The Great Pacques storm raged for four days in New Jersey. Twenty four inches of snow fell in the hills with 6 inches on the 15th and 17th at New York City, NY. Eighteen vessels were wrecked on the Jersey shore. (Intellicast)
...1921...Two mile high Silver Lake (elevation 10,220 feet) in Boulder County, Colorado received 76 inches of snow in 24 hours, the heaviest 24 hour total of record for North America. The storm left a total of 87 inches in twenty-seven and a half hours. (David Ludlum)
A complex family of tornadoes of up to F4 in intensity tracked 112 miles through Marion and Cass counties in Texas and Miller, Hempstead, and Pike counties in Arkansas. Fifty nine people were killed, 300 were injured, and damage was set at $2 million. (Intellicast)
...1927...New Orleans, LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. (The Weather Channel)
...1949...A hailstone five inches by five and a half inches in size, and weighing four pounds, was measured at Troy, NY. (The Weather Channel)
...1958...An F3 tornado 300 yards in width skipped along a five mile path near Frostproof, FL. A 2500 gallon water tank was found one mile from its original position (it is not known how much water was in the tank at the time). Another F3 tornado did 5 million dollars in damage in Fort Pierce, FL with 50 people injured, mostly from flying glass. (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in the Southern Atlantic Coast Region. A tornado killed one person and injured seven others near Mount Dora, FL. Drifts of hail up to two feet deep were reported in Davidson and Rowan counties in North Carolina. Myrtle Beach, SC was deluged with seven inches of rain in three hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Death Valley, CA was soaked with 1.53 inches of rain in 24 hours. Snow fell in the mountains of southern California. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms soaked the eastern U.S. with heavy rain, pushing the rainfall total for the month at Cape Hatteras, NC past their previous April record of 7.10 inches. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1990...Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather from west central Texas to west central Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms spawned a tornado which caused more than half a million dollars damage at Fort Stockton, TX, produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Dennison, TX, produced baseball size hail at Silo, OK and near Capps Corner, TX, and drenched southeastern Oklahoma with up to 4 inches of rain in two hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)