Friday,  August 3, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 020 • 14 of 33 •  Other Editions

Today in Weather History

1984: During the morning hours, estimated four to six inches of rain fell from west of Garden City in Clark County to north of Henry in Codington County. Low lying areas were flooded and a potato field west of Garden City was washed out.

1989: Strong thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph, driving golf ball size hail through most the windows on the west side of buildings in Amherst, Marshall County. Corn crops were stripped off their leaves with an estimated 1800 acres being badly damaged.

1996: High winds up to 90 mph uprooted and damaged many trees in Mobridge. Several power lines and poles were downed from trees falling onto them. The roofs of two buildings were blown off while other roofs received some damage. Windows were broken out in eight vehicles at the South Dakota Department of Transportation from gravel blown from a stockpile. Winds up to 90 mph also caused damage in Herreid were doors on a concrete elevator were blown out.

1864: The crew of a Union fleet witnessed a waterspout move right past their ship, causing no damage, in Albemarle Sound, NC.

1960: A severe squall line with hurricane force winds crossed Chicago, and then proceeded across Lake Michigan. Two hours later a seiche caused the lake to rise as much as four feet along the Chicago shore. One man died clinging to a rope on the lake side of a filtration plant near Navy Pier.

1970: Hurricane Celia crossed the Texas coastline midway between Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass. Celia moved west-northwest across southern Texas with the storm center passing near Mathis, Eagle Pass, and Del Rio. Sustained winds at 130 mph and peak gusts to 180 mph were reported at both George West and Tilden. Property damaged reached about $1 million.

2011: Little Rock, AR set their all-time high temperature record of 114 degrees.

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