TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Monday  December 14, 2015.
 This is the 348th day of the year, there are 17 days left.

 On this day...
    Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
    weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
    website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
    In 1924 The temperature at Helena MT plunged 79 degrees in
            24 hours, and 88 degrees in 34 hours.  The mercury
            plummeted from 63 above to 25 below zero.  At Fairfield
            MT the temperature plunged 84 degrees in just 12 hours,
            from 63 at Noon to 21 below zero at midnight.
    In 1987 A powerful storm spread heavy snow from the Southern High
            Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley, and produced
            severe thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
            During the evening a tornado hit West Memphis AR killing
            six persons and injuring two hundred others.  The tornado
            left 1500 persons homeless, and left all of the residents
            of Crittendon County without electricity.  Kansas City MO
            was blanketed with 10.8 inches of snow, a 24 hour record
            for December, and snowfall totals in the Oklahoma
            panhandle ranged up to 14 inches.  Strong winds, gusting
            to 63 mph at Austin TX, ushered arctic cold into the
            Great Plains, and caused considerable blowing and
            drifting of snow.
    In 1988 Blowing snow was reported in western Kansas, as snow and
            gusty winds plagued the Central Rockies and the Central
            High Plains.  Colorado Springs CO reported thirteen
            inches of snow.  Low pressure in Wisconsin brought heavy
            snow to the Lake Superior snowbelt area, with 22 inches
            reported at Marquette MI.
    In 1989 High winds and heavy snow prevailed from Montana to
            Colorado.  Snowfall totals in Wyoming ranged up to
            20 inches at Burgess Junction, leaving up to 48 inches on
            the ground in the northeast sections of the state.  Wind
            gusts in Colorado reached 87 mph south of the town of
            Rollinsville. Strong northwesterly winds continued to
            produce heavy snow squalls in the Great Lakes Region.
            Totals in northeastern Lower Michigan ranged up to 29
            inches at Hubbard Lake, with 28 inches reported at Posen.
            Two day totals in northeast Wisconsin ranged up to 30
            inches.
    In 2012 The first ever December tornado in the Amarillo, Texas
            National Weather Service Forecast Area, occurred about
            three miles northeast of Washburn, Texas.


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