Monday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Monday, 26 April 1999

WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND
WEATHER FOR STARTING THE NEW WEEK
UPPER AIR
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE COTERMINOUS U.S.
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND --...

WEATHER FOR STARTING THE NEW WEEK -- ...

UPPER AIR -- The 500 and 300 mb charts for 00Z Monday indicate .

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE COTERMINOUS U.S. -- The lowest temperature on Sunday was XX degrees at XXX while Sunday's highest temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ...

The lowest overnight temperature in the state as of Sunday was XX degrees below zero at XXX. Sunday's midafternoon highest temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER --....

HURRICANE SEASON REVIEW -- The official 1999 hurricane seasons will be starting soon in both the eastern North Pacific and North Atlantic. As a quick review of last year's statistics consult Monday's optional Supplemental Information.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 26 April

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

...1834...Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville, AL, and highlighted a "backward spring" in the South that year. (David Ludlum)
...1978...An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks. Pea size hail fell northeast of Fairbanks from thunderstorms whose tops were less than 8000 feet. (The Weather Channel)
...1981...Colorado Springs, CO had an afternoon high of 83 degrees which set a new record high for the month of April. The old monthly record was 82 degrees set back in 1872. (Intellicast)
...1984...Severe thunderstorms associated with an intense cyclone spawned a total of forty-seven tornadoes in two days from Louisiana to Upper Michigan. The tornadoes killed 16 persons and injured 259 others. (Storm Data)
...1987...Twenty-two cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 83 degrees at Astoria, OR smashed their previous record by 13 degrees. Sacramento, CA hit 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988... A spring snowstorm dumped heavy wet snow across the states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota. While Rochester, MN was blanketed with 13.7 inches of snow, establishing a single storm record for the month of April, Minneapolis, MN, just 90 miles away, got only rain from the storm. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1989...Thirty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 91 degrees at Evansville, IN and Nashville, TN equaled April records. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Iowa to Kentucky, with more than ninety reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 90 mph at Berwick, IA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Twenty-nine cities from the Carolinas to the Great Lakes Region and western New England reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Record high temperatures included 95 degrees at Baltimore, MD and 92 degrees at Allentown, PA. The record high of 89 degrees at Alpena, MI was the third out of six straight record highs for that location, and smashed their previous record for the date by ten degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
Thunderstorms dropped 16.05 inches of rain on Brownwood, TX in 13 hours. Some 50 city blocks in Brownwood were extensively damaged by the flood waters. At one point the Pecan Bayou was estimated at 4 miles wide. Only the disastrous flood in 1900 rivaled this event in Brownwood. (Intellicast)
...1991...Severe thunderstorms in the central U.S. spawned fifty-five tornadoes from northeastern Texas to Iowa and eastern Nebraska killing twenty-one persons. Early evening thunderstorms over south central Kansas spawned a violent (rated F-5 on the Fujita scale) tornado which traveled 45 miles from southwest of Wichita to north of El Dorado through Sedgwick and Butler counties. This tornado killed seventeen persons, including thirteen at the Golden Spur Mobile Home Park in Andover and injured 225 people. The tornado also caused 62 million dollars damage to McConnell Air Force Base as it crossed the south side of Wichita. Elsewhere, 4.75 inch hail pelted Wyandotte and Ottawa, OK. An F4 tornado tracked 66 miles through Noble and Osage counties in Oklahoma. An accomplished storm chaser viewing this tornado near Ceres said "this tornado easily had the most violent motions that I have seen in 20 years of storm chasing". (National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1993...Binghamton, NY recorded .6 inches of snow on this day to raise its seasonal snow total to 122.7 inches, setting a new all-time seasonal snow record for the city. The previous record was 122.5 inches set in 1955-56. (Intellicast)
...1994...A late season snowstorm deposited 7.5 inches at Fargo, ND, bringing the city's seasonal snowfall to 87.5 inches, its snowiest winter even. The previous snowiest winter was 82.2 inches set in 1936-37. 8.5 inches of snow at Bismarck, ND pushed its seasonal snowfall to 91.7 inches, for its snowiest winter ever as well. The previous snowiest winter was 86.8 inches set in 1949-50. (Intellicast)