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erts County, South Dakota destroying on cabin at the Meadowbrook Resort. It also blew the roof off another cabin, and third cabin was demolished when a tree fell onto it. Several boats on Big Stone Lake were overturned. Approximately 150 buildings sustained damage or were destroyed as the tornado moved northeast across Big Stone County. Southwest of Clinton, a pontoon boat and a camper were destroyed. East of Clinton, a farm lost all buildings with severe damage to their home. Estimated property damage was listed at $1.5 million. A wind gust of 90 mph blew two garage roofs off, destroyed an antenna, blew large trees down, and also a grain dryer was blown down near Dumont, Minnesota.

1896: A 2-mile wide path of utter destruction, made up of a nearly mile-wide F5 tornado plus powerful downburst winds, swept for 100 miles across northeast Kansas and the southeast corner of Nebraska. Seneca, KS was particularly hard hit and lost its opera house. Twenty-five people were killed.

1979: It does get cold in Hawaii! The state's record low was set on Mauna Kea, bottoming out at a rather chilly 12 degrees.

1983: A golfer playing the Fox Meadows course in Memphis, TN was struck by a bolt of lightning that went through his neck, down his spine, came out a pocket containing his keys, and went into a nearby tree. He survived.