Monday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Monday, 3 May 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 ...

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 -- ...

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 3 May

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

...1761...Large tornadoes swept the Charleston, SC harbor when a British Fleet of 40 sails was at anchor. It raised a wave 12 feet high, leaving many vessels on their beam ends. 4 people drowned. (Intellicast)
...1774...a May snowstorm from New York City to Virginia covered the ground. A severe frost killed fruit in North Carolina. (Intellicast)
...1895...An F5 tornado carved a 13 mile path through Sioux County in Iowa. Nine people were killed and 35 were injured. (Intellicast)
...1978...Persistent thunderstorms caused widespread flooding in southeastern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Mississippi. Rainfall totals of ten to thirteen and a half inches were reported around New Orleans causing the worst flooding in thirty years. The water depth reached three to four feet in several hundred homes, and total property damage was estimated at one hundred million dollars. (David Ludlum)
...1981...Severe thunderstorms dumped 5.1 inches of rain on Keenesburg, CO in 45 minutes. Six to twelve inches of hail piled up in Keenesburg/Hudson area with extensive damage to crops occurring. Snowplows were needed to clear the hail off of local roads. (Intellicast)
...1984...A powerful (F3) early morning tornado ripped through Montgomery, AL. Five people were killed and 37 were injured. (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Softball size hail was reported at Center Point, TX, and a tornado caused three million dollars damage near Satanta, KS. Heavy snow blanketed the foothills of eastern Colorado, with 18 inches reported at Divide. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to the drought-stricken central U.S. Evening thunderstorms produced large hail in North Carolina. Baseball size hail was reported west of Mooresville, NC. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern and Central Plains Region. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 72 mph at Graford, TX, and baseball size hail was reported at Graham, TX and Lake Kemp, TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...A stubborn late season storm slowly crawled across southern Colorado the first three days of the month producing heavy snow from the San Juan Mountains to the southeast plains. The storm produced up to three feet of snow in the higher elevations of southern Colorado, and 18 to 22 inches of snow along the eastern slopes of the Central Mountains of New Mexico. Pueblo, CO reported a record 10.6 inches of snow for the month as a result of the storm, and a record total for the winter season of 69.6 inches. On the other hand, record heat was occurring in California. Sacramento recorded a new high temperature of 93 degrees.(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1993...Strong winds buffeted the Owens Valley area and the Eastern Sierra of Southern California. A USGS anemometer on Crowley Lake recorded a wind gust to 140 mph before blowing away. Bishop Airport had a wind gust to 65 mph. One person was killed when he was hit by a flying projectile. Many trees were downed and power outages were widespread. (Intellicast)