DATASTREME DAILY SUMMARY
Friday, 24 November 2000
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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 24 November
From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City,
MO and Intellicast
- ...1812...Southwesterly winds of hurricane force sank ships
and unroofed buildings at Philadelphia and New York City. (David
Ludlum)
- ...1863...The "battle above the clouds" was fought
on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, TN. Pre-frontal clouds obscured
the upper battlefield aiding a Union victory. (David Ludlum)
- ...1950...The temperature at Chicago, IL dipped to 2 below
zero to equal their record for the month established on the 29th
in 1872. On the first of the month that year Chicago established
a record high for November with a reading of 81 degrees. (The
Weather Channel)
- ...1950...The temperature at Chicago, IL dipped to 2 below
zero to equal their record for the month established on the 29th
in 1872. On the first of the month that year Chicago established
a record high for November with a reading of 81 degrees. (The
Weather Channel)
- ...1982...Hurricane Iwa lashed the Hawaiian Islands of Niihau,
Kauai, and Oahu with high winds and surf. Winds gusting to 120
mph caused extensive shoreline damage. Winds at Honolulu gusted
to 81 mph. Damage totaled 150 million dollars on Kauai, and fifty
million dollars on Oahu. The peak storm surge on the south shore
was six to eight feet. It marked the first time in 25 years that
Hawaii had been affected by a hurricane. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1987...Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in
southern Missouri, southeast Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.
Flooding was reported in Greene County of southwestern Missouri.
Springfield, MO was drenched with more than six inches of rain.
Thunderstorms over southern Texas produced more than eight inches
of rain in Caldwell County and Hayes County, and thunderstorms
over south central Oklahoma produced one inch hail at Temple twice
within an hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1988...Low pressure brought heavy snow and high winds to
the Northern and Central Rockies. Snowfall totals in Colorado
ranged up to 40 inches at Wolf Creek Pass, with 27 inches falling
in 24 hours. Telluride, CO received 32 inches of snow, and winds
atop Mines Peak gusted to 95 mph. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
- ...1989..."Mother Nature" completed a one-two punch
in the northeastern U.S., as record cold temperatures followed
in the wake of record snows. A dozen cities reported record low
temperatures for the date. Morning lows of one degree above zero
at Hartford, CT, 3 degrees at Portland, ME, and 6 degrees at Providence,
RI, were records for November. Houlton, ME was the cold spot in
the nation with a morning low of 14 degrees below zero. (The National
Weather Summary)
- ...1992...A major winter storm across the Texas Panhandle,
western Oklahoma and western Kansas produced near blizzard conditions
which contributed to a massive 200 car pile-up on interstate 40
in Amarillo, TX. All traffic was brought to a virtual standstill
in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. 19 inches of snow with drifts
over 6 feet at Lavern, OK. Drifts reached 15 feet near Hugoton,
KS. 17 inches fell at Liberal, 16 at Garden City and 14 inches
at Dodge City in Kansas. (Intellicast)
25 November
- ...1918...Southern California had its worst windstorm in 40
years as winds at Mt. Wilson reached 96 mph. (Intellicast)
- ...1926...An F4 tornado cut a 35 mile path through Faulkner
and Cleburne Counties in Arkansas, devastating Heber Springs.
Twenty three people were killed and 90 injured. (Intellicast)
- ...1950...The "Great Appalachian Storm" hit the
Northern and Central Appalachians with snow and high winds. Winds
reached hurricane force along eastern slopes of the Appalachians,
with gusts to 100 mph at Hartford, CT, 110 mph at Concord, NH,
and 160 mph at Mount Washington, NH. Heavy rain also hit the eastern
slopes, with eight inches reported at Slide Mountain, NY. The
western slopes were buried under heavy snow. The storm produced
record snowfall totals of 27.7 inches at Pittsburgh, PA, 36.3
inches at Steubenville, OH and 57 inches at Pickens, WV. The snow,
and record cold temperatures, resulted in 160 deaths. (25th-26th)
(David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
- ...1970...The temperature at Tallahassee, FL dipped to 13
degrees, following a high of 40 degrees the previous day. The
mercury then reached 67 degrees on the 26th, and highs were in
the 70s the rest of the month. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1971...A big Thanksgiving day storm dumped 1 to 2 feet
of snow over the interior sections of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Wilkes-Barre Scranton had 20.5 inches of snow in 24 hours, a record.
Cobleskill, NY had 26 inches, Albany, NY 22.5 inches, a new November
and early season record. (Intellicast)
- ...1983...The "Great Thanksgiving Weekend Blizzard"
hit Denver, CO. The storm produced 21.5 inches of snow in 37 hours,
closing Stapleton Airport for 24 hours. The snow and wind closed
interstate highways around Denver. Visibility at Limon, CO was
down to zero for 24 hours. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1987...An early morning thunderstorm in southeastern Texas
produced high winds which rolled a mobile home east of Bay City
killing two of the four occupants. Thunderstorms produced locally
heavy rains in central and eastern Texas, with nine inches reported
at Huntsville, and 8.5 inches at Wimberly. Snow fell across northern
and central Lower Michigan, with totals ranging up to nine inches
at Cadillac. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Arkansas,
eastern Oklahoma and northwest Texas during the day and into the
night. Thunderstorms in Texas produced softball size hail at Alba,
and wind gusts to 80 mph at Krum. Hail and high winds caused nearly
five million dollars damage at Kaufman, TX, and strong downburst
winds derailed twenty-eight freight cars at Fruitvale, TX. (The
National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1989...A strong Pacific storm dumped one to three feet
of snow on higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada Range of California
and Nevada. Snowfall totals in California ranged up to 38 inches
at Donner Summit, with 30 inches at the Sierra Ski Ranch. The
storm also produced heavy snow in Oregon, with 23 inches reported
at Santiam Pass. Another storm crossing the Central Rockies produced
12 to 18 inches of snow in the northern and central mountains
of Colorado. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
26 November
- ...1888...A late season hurricane brushed the East Coast with
heavy rain and gale force winds. The hurricane passed inside Nantucket
and over Cape Cod, then crossed Nova Scotia. (David Ludlum)
- ...1896...Snow and high winds hit the Northern Plains and
the Upper Mississippi Valley, with a Thanksgiving Day blizzard
across North Dakota. The storm was followed by a severe cold wave
in the Upper Midwest. The temperature at Pokegama Dam, MI plunged
to 45 degrees below zero. (David Ludlum)
- ...1974...A record early snow hit Caribou, ME with 22.3 inches
in 24 hours and a storm total of 30 inches. (Intellicast)
- ...1983...A major snowstorm hit from Colorado to Wisconsin
from the 26th to the 28th. A fairly uniform 1 to 2 feet of snow
was reported. Sydney, NE had the most with 27 inches. Blizzard
conditions prevailed with wind gusts as high as 60 mph. Limon,
CO reported near zero visibility in snow and blowing snow for
a solid 24 hours. (Intellicast)
- ...1987...A Thanksgiving Day storm in the northeastern U.S.
produced heavy snow in northern New England and upstate New York.
Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to twenty inches at Flagstaff
Lake. Totals in New Hampshire ranged up to 18 inches at Errol.
Gales lashed the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. A second storm,
over the Southern and Central Rockies, produced nine inches of
snow at Kanosh, UT, and 13 inches at Divide, CO, with five inches
reported at Denver CO. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Central
Gulf Coast States during the late morning and afternoon hours.
Five tornadoes were reported in Mississippi, with the tornadoes
causing a million dollars damage at Ruleville, and in Warren County.
In Utah, the town of Alta was blanketed with 15 inches of snow
overnight, and during the day was buried under another 16.5 inches
of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1989...A massive storm over the western U.S. produced heavy
snow in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. The storm produced
more than two feet of snow in the higher elevations of northern
and central Utah, bringing more than sixty inches of snow to the
Alta Ski Resort in the Wasatch Mountains. Winds in Utah gusted
to 60 mph at Bullfrog. The storm brought much needed snow to the
ski resorts of Colorado, with 19 inches reported at Beaver Creek.
(Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
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