Wednesday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Wednesday, 21 April 1999

UPPER AIR
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE LOWER 48
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

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UPPER AIR -- The mid and upper tropospheric weather charts for 00Z Wednesday.

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE LOWER 48 -- On Tuesday, the lowest temperature reported in the continental U.S. was XX degrees at XXX, while Tuesday's high was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- .

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

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....

HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS -- The National Weather Service alerts the public to these windy conditions with special advisories, watches and warnings as described in Wednesday's optional Supplemental Information.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 21 April

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

...1857...The Genesee Suspension Bridge, in Genesee, New York, collapsed under the weight of 12 inches of wet snow weighing 19 pounds per cubic foot. Snow fell to a depth of 48 inches at Liberty in the Catskills. (Intellicast)
...1882...Monticello, MS was virtually destroyed as an F4 tornado ripped through the town. Only 3 houses on the outskirts of town were left standing. Ten people were killed and 100 were injured. (Intellicast)
...1887...Twenty one people were killed and 250 were injured as an F4 tornado tracked 60 miles through Anderson and Lima counties in Kansas and Bates county in Missouri. Total damage was $1 million, one of the few million dollar tornadoes in the 19th century. (Intellicast)
...1958...Portions of Montana were in the midst of a spring snowburst. Snowfall amounts ranged up to 55 inches at Red Lodge, 61 inches at Nye Mine, and 72 inches at Mystic Lake. (David Ludlum)
...1967...Severe thunderstorms spawned 48 tornadoes in the Upper Midwest. Hardest hit was northern Illinois where sixteen tornadoes touched down during the afternoon and evening hours causing fifty million dollars damage. On that Friday afternoon twenty four people were killed, 500 were injured, and $22 million in damage was done in Belvidere, IL as a F4 tornado ripped through the city. Another F4 tornado cut a path through Cook county and killed 33 people and injured another 500, with the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn being hard hit. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1980...The temperature at International Falls, MN hit 90 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1987...Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Gulf of Mexico to New England and the Great Lakes Region, with twenty-nine cities reporting record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 82 degrees at Caribou, ME, 94 degrees at Mobile, AL, 95 degrees at Monroe, LA, and 93 degrees at New Orleans, LA, were records for the month of April. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...After having had just twelve rain-outs in the previous twenty-six years at Dodger Stadium, a third day of heavy rain in southern California rained out a double-header at Dodger Stadium which had been scheduled due to rain-outs the previous two days. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...The temperature at Las Animas, CO soared to 100 degrees to establish a state record for April. Twenty-two cities in the central and southwestern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Eight cities equaled or exceeded previous April records. Tucson, AZ experienced its fourth consecutive day of record heat with an afternoon high of 104 degrees, bringing the total number of days during the month of April 1989 to 11 when record high values had either been matched or broken. (The Weather Channel) (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1990...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail in Oklahoma, and also caused some flash flooding in the state. Thunderstorms over the Southern High Plains produced golf ball size hail at Roswell, NM and El Paso, TX. Easterly winds and temperatures near zero produced wind chill readings as cold as 50 degrees below zero for the spring festival (Piuraagiaqta) outdoor events at Barrow, AK. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992... Two inches of snow fell at International Falls, MN, bringing the winter season snowfall to 106.7 inches and setting a new all-time record for the city. The old record was 104.7 inches set back in the 1988-89 winter season.
The biggest late season snowstorm on record for northeastern Nebraska came to an end. The 9.3 inches of snow that fell at Omaha was the heaviest April snowfall on record in addition to being the latest. Snowfall from the storm was even heavier in other sections of northeastern Nebraska. Brownville checked in with 14 inches and Offutt Air Force Base measured 12 inches. (Intellicast)