TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Saturday  May 13, 2006.
 This is the 133rd day of the year, there are 232 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1930 A man was killed when caught in an open field during a
            hailstorm northwest of Lubbock TX.  It was the first, and
            perhaps the only authentic death by hail in U.S. weather
            records.    
    In 1981 A tornado 450 yards in width destroyed ninety percent of
            Emberson TX.  People did not see a tornado, but rather a
            wall of debris.  Homes were leveled, a man in a bathtub
            was hurled a quarter of a mile, and a 1500 pound
            recreational vehicle was hurled 500 yards.  Miraculously
            no deaths occurred in the tornado.    
    In 1987 A cold front brought an end to the early season warm
            spell in the north central U.S., but not before the
            temperature at Sioux City IA soared to a record warm
            95 degrees.  Strong southwesterly winds ahead of the cold
            front gusted to 52 mph at Marais MI.  Evening
            thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Rockford MN
            and wind gusts to 75 mph at Belmond IA.    
    In 1988 Strong winds along a cold front ushering cold air into
            the northwestern U.S. gusted to 69 mph at Myton UT. 
            Temperatures warmed into the 80s ahead of the cold front,
            as far north as Montana.    
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced
            severe weather in the Southern Plains Region during
            the afternoon and night.  A thunderstorm at Killeen TX
            produced wind gusts to 95 mph damaging 200 helicopters at
            Fort Hood causing nearly 500 million dollars damage. 
            Another thunderstorm produced softball size hail at
            Hodges TX.    
    In 1990 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front spawned
            ten tornadoes from eastern Wyoming to northern Kansas,
            including seven in western Nebraska.  Thunderstorms
            forming ahead of a cold front in the eastern U.S. spawned
            five tornadoes from northeastern North Carolina to
            southern Pennsylvania.  Thunderstorms over southeast
            Louisiana deluged the New Orleans area with four to eight
            inches of rain between 7 AM and Noon.    

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