Wednesday, 28 April 1999
- UPPER AIR
- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48
- ALASKAN WEATHER
- HAWAIIAN WEATHER
- HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS
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UPPER AIR -- The upper air 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 in the state on Tuesday was XX
degrees below zero at XXX, while the midafternoon highest temperature
was XX degrees at XXX.
HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 28 April
From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City,
MO and Intellicast
- ...1893...A half mile wide F4 tornado killed 23 people and
injured 150 as it tore a path of devastation through Cisco, TX.
Every building in the town was either totally destroyed or severely
damaged. (Intellicast)
- ...1921...A severe hailstorm in Anson County, NC produced
hail the size of baseballs. Gardens, grain fields and trees were
destroyed. Pine trees in the storm's path had to be cut for lumber
because of the hail damage. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1928...A coastal storm produced tremendous late season
snows in the Central Appalachians, including 35 inches at Bayard,
WV, 31 inches at Somerset, PA, and 30 inches at Grantsville, MD.
High winds accompanying the heavy wet snow uprooted trees and
unroofed a number of homes. The storm caused great damage to fruit
trees and wild life. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
- ...1973...The all-time record crest of the Mississippi River
at St. Louis, MO was recorded at 43.3 feet, exceeding the former
1884 mark by 1.9 feet. (Intellicast)
- ...1987...Twenty cities in the western and central U.S. reported
record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 95 degrees at
Houston, TX, 95 degrees at Lake Charles, LA, and 94 degrees at
Port Arthur, TX, were April records. (The National Weather Summary)
A cold rain began in the morning hours over New England and turned
to heavy wet snow by mid afternoon. Record amounts of snow piled
up with the heaviest amounts in the higher elevations. In Massachusetts,
Princeton was buried under 25 inches of snow and Ashburnham checked
in with 21 inches. Even Boston, right on the ocean, had 4 inches
of snow for a new late season snowfall record. Eighteen inches
were recorded at Francestown, NH and 15 inches were reported at
Glocester, RI. This late season snowstorm put a strain on the
record books at Worcester, MA. The 17 inches for the storm was
the biggest and latest snowstorm on record. Total snowfall for
April was 21 inches. This broke the old record for April which
was 20 inches in 1894. Total April precipitation now stood at
8.76 inches, the most precipitation in April ever. The storm also
brought the 1986-87 season snowfall to 93.7 inches, the 6th snowiest
season on record. (Intellicast)
- ...1988...Miami, FL hit 92 degrees, marking a record eight
days of 90 degree heat in the month of April. Squalls produced
snow in the Washington, DC area. Ft. Belvoir, VA reported a temperature
reading of 57 degrees at the time the snow began. (Storm Data)
(The National Weather Summary)
- ...1989...Strong northerly winds and heavy snow ushered cold
air into the north central U.S. Snowfall totals in Montana ranged
up to 20 inches at Miles City. Thunderstorms produced severe weather
from eastern Texas to the Southern Appalachians and the southern
Ohio Valley. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported
at Keller, TX and White Settlement, TX. (Storm Data) (The National
Weather Summary)
- ...1990...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern
U.S. during the day. Severe thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes,
including one which injured four persons at Inman, SC. There were
also more than one hundred reports of large hail and damaging
winds, with better than half of those reports in Georgia. Strong
thunderstorm winds injured four people at Sadler's Creek, SC.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Twenty-nine cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high
temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and
lower 90s. Highs of 88 degrees at Binghamton, NY, 94 degrees at
Buffalo, NY, 89 degrees at Erie, PA, 90 degrees at Newark, NJ,
93 degrees at Rochester, NY and 92 degrees at Syracuse, NY, were
records for the month of April. (The National Weather Summary)
- ...1992...Intense thunderstorms dumped large hail up to 4.5
inches in diameter and produced wind gusts to 100 mph across Tarrant,
Dallas, and Ellis counties in North Texas, resulting in the most
costly severe thunderstorm event in the state's history up to
the time. Total damage was around 600 million dollars. More than
15,000 homes and 21,000 automobiles were damaged due to hail.
(Intellicast)
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Prepared by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D., email hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
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