Historical Weather Events

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 2 December

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

...1896...An early season snow and ice storm struck the southeastern U.S., producing 11 inches of snow at Charlotte, NC, and six inches at Atlanta, GA. (David Ludlum)
...1925...A late season hurricane caused extensive damage across the Florida peninsula, then moved off the Georgia coast crossing Cape Hatteras as a tropical storm. The storm produced whole gales along the Middle Atlantic and Southern New England coast. Winds gusted to 60 mph at Block Island, RI, and reached 64 mph at Atlantic City, NJ. (David Ludlum)
...1950...Severe thunderstorms spawned two late season tornadoes, one an F2 and another F3, which killed 3 people, injured 27 and did $625,000 damage in Madison, Bond and Macoupin Counties in Illinois, east of St. Louis, MO. The two tornadoes that touched down in Illinois that afternoon compared to just half a dozen tornadoes in the month of December in 115 years of records up until that time. Thunderstorms also produced hail that caused more than four million dollars damage in the St Louis area; it was the most damaging hailstorm of record for Missouri. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1970...A tornado, 400 yards in width, touched down about one mile below the summit of Timpanogos Divide in Utah. Trees up to 18 inches in diameter were snapped, and some of the 38-inch snow cover was carried 1000 feet above the ground as the tornado traveled one mile. (The Weather Channel)
...1974...A big snowstorm over the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes came to an end. Detroit, MI measured 19.5 inches, Toledo, OH 15.9 inches, Cleveland, OH 17.8 inches and Akron, OH 24.3 inches. (Intellicast)
...1982...A tornado destroyed a home four miles south of Eastwood, MO. The owners were not injured in that tornado, but ironically one was killed Christmas Eve when another tornado hit the replacement mobile home on the same site. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A powerful storm over the Gulf of Alaska continued to produce high winds and heavy rain along the northern and central Pacific coast. Winds gusted to 80 mph south of Port Orford, OR. Stevens Pass, WA was blanketed with sixteen inches of snow and Blue Canyon, CA was soaked with 1.63 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced ten inches of snow at Union City, PA. Gale force winds gusted to 55 mph at Buffalo, NY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Squalls produced heavy snow in the Great Lakes Region. Totals in Upper Michigan ranged up to 20 inches at Ironwood. Heavy snow and high winds caused 150 auto accidents in Michigan, resulting in sixteen deaths and 22 injuries. Strong northwesterly winds gusted to 73 mph at Johnstown, PA, and Lowville, PA received 20 inches of snow in 36 hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...Two F1 tornadoes touched down near Santa Rosa, CA and Mount Lemmon, AZ was drenched with 2.95 inches of rain in 24 hours. (Intellicast)