Historical Weather Events

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 6 July

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

...1893...A violent F5 tornado killed 71 persons on its forty-mile track across northwestern Iowa, including Storm Lake and Pomeroy. Forty-nine persons were killed around Pomeroy, where eighty percent of the buildings were destroyed, with most leveled to the ground. Photos showed most of the town without a wall or tree left standing. (The Weather Channel)
...1928...A hailstorm at Potter, NE produced a stone that was 5.5 inches in diameter, and seventeen inches in circumference, weighing a pound and a half. At the time, it was the world's largest hailstone. (David Ludlum) (Wikipedia)
...1936...Steele, ND reached 121 degrees, the state record. Moorhead, MN reached 114 degrees to set a record high temperature for the Gopher State. (Intellicast) (NCDC).
...1977...Peak of 10-day heat wave in Washington, DC was reached with 100 degrees. (Intellicast)
...1985...Lightning struck a large transformer in Salt Lake County sending a 200 foot fireball into the air and blacking out almost the entire state for up to five hours. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...Thunderstorm rains during the mid morning hours, and again during the evening, produced major flash-flooding at Leavenworth, KS. The official rainfall total was 10.37 inches, but unofficial totals exceeded twelve inches. At nearby Kansas City, the rainfall total of 5.08 inches was a daily record for July. (Storm Data)
Pocatello, ID set a new record low temperature for July with 35 degrees. (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in twenty-one states east of the Rockies, with severe weather reported in Kentucky and Indiana for the second day in a row. A thunderstorm produced more than five inches of rain in one hour near Reynolds, IL. Rochester, NY was soaked with 3.25 inches, a record 24-hour total for the month of July. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thirty-six cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 98 degrees at International Falls, MN and 101 degrees at Flint, MI equaled all-time records. Highs of 96 degrees at Muskegon, MI and 97 degrees at Buffalo, NY were records for July. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S. Ten cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Las Vegas, NV with a reading of 115 degrees. Hanksville, UT reached 112 degrees, Bullhead City, AZ hit 120 degrees, and Death Valley, CA soared to 126 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1994...An impressive 21.10 inches of rain fell at Americus, GA to establish a 24-hour maximum precipitation record for the Peach State. (NCDC)
...2007...Missoula, MT soared to an all-time high of 107 degrees. The following week they would hit 103 on two separate days. (National Weather Service files)

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