Tuesday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Tuesday, 4 May 1998

UPPER AIR
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

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UPPER AIR -- The 500 mb constant pressure chart for 00Z Tuesday.

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48 -- The lowest temperature in the lower 48 states on Monday was XX degrees at XXX, while Monday's highest temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- .

The lowest overnight temperature in the state as of Monday was XX degrees below zero at XXX. The highest midafternoon temperature in Alaska was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- A high pressure cell that was situated to the northwest of Hawaii on late Monday afternoon was expected to migrate eastward as a nearly stationary low pressure system in the Eastern Pacific moves toward the California coast. As a result, the northeast trade winds are expected to strengthen to 20 mph by midweek.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 4 May

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

...1812...A storm produced snow from Philadelphia to Maine. A foot of snow fell near Keene, NH, and in Massachusetts, nine inches fell at Waltham, located near Boston. (David Ludlum)
...1917...A late season snowstorm in northwest Texas produced up to eight inches of snow in Potter County and Armstrong County. (David Ludlum)
...1922...Austin, TX was hit twice by tornadoes which struck within thirty minutes of each other. The first, referred in local newspapers as the "western cloud", was F2 in intensity and injured 5 people. The second (eastern cloud) was far more damaging as it killed 12, injured 50, and did $500,000 in damage. This tornado was a F4 on the Fujita Scale. (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1977...A tornado 500 yards in width struck Pleasant Hill, MO severely damaging the high school and grade school. Only minor injuries were reported among the more than 1000 teaches and students due to excellent warnings and prior tornado drills. (The Weather Channel)
...1978...An F3 tornado moved in from the Gulf of Mexico and tore a path of devastation through the High Point Section of Pinellas County in Florida. The path length was only 1.5 miles but 3 people were killed, 94 were injured, and damages totaled $43 million. (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S., with South Carolina hardest hit. Thunderstorm winds toppled trees seventy feet high in Spartanburg County, SC, and knocked homes off their foundations near Bishopville, SC, while downpours deluged Gadsden, AL with an inch of rain in just a matter of minutes and produced more than 4 inches in half an hour.. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced large hail in North Carolina, but brought welcome rains to much of the rest of the eastern U.S. Residents of New England finally saw sunshine after about a week of clouds and rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region and the Lower Mississippi Valley. Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes, and there were 340 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Hail three inches in diameter, and 9.39 inches of rain, resulted in more than 130 million dollars damage at Monroe, LA. Reports of continuous lightning displays were widespread. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 100 mph at Epps, LA and Fort Worth, TX. A thunderstorm north of Mineral Wells, TX produced high winds which unroofed a nightclub, turning it into a "topless club". (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower Ohio Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas. A tornado at Augusta Springs, VA killed two people and injured ten others, and another tornado caused 1.7 million dollars damage at Colonial Heights, VA. Temperatures soared into the 90s in northern California. The high of 98 degrees in downtown Sacramento was their hottest reading of record for so early in the season. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)