Today in Weather History
1999: Golf ball size hail and high winds destroyed hundreds of acres of crops on a farm southeast of Ipswich. Golf ball size hail and high winds caused extensive damage to the Richland Weslyn Church and to the pastor and associate pastor home. The hail poked numerous holes in the siding and shingles of the buildings and broke many windows. Several cars were dam

aged and a large tree was also downed. An F1 tornado snapped large branches off an oak and drove them into the ground. The tornado knocked down approximately 5 headstones in a small cemetery, and took a roof off a small outbuilding. It destroyed an empty grain bin, moved a grain auger 50 feet, and took off several large doors on a machine shed. The tornado also knocked down or snapped off numerous large trees in shelter belts and destroyed a barn and several outbuildings just north of Chelsea.

1819: Several dozen people were killed in the Bay St. Louis Hurricane. Some of the fatalities were from alligator and snake bites when they were driven into the streets of Mobile, AL.

1926: A hurricane came ashore near Daytona Beach, FL resulting in $2.5 million damage to a large part of eastern Florida including Jacksonville. It had been a Category 4 storm when it crossed the Bahamas.