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

 Today is Wednesday  April 12, 2006.
 This is the 102nd day of the year, there are 263 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1927 A tornado wiped out the town of Rock Springs TX killing
            72 persons and causing 1.2 million dollars damage.  The
            tornado, more than one mile in width, destroyed 235 of
            247 buildings, leaving no trace of lumber or contents
            in many cases.  Many survivors were bruised by large hail
            which fell after the passage of the tornado.
    In 1934 Winds atop Mount Washington NH averaged 186 mph for five
            minutes, with a peak gust of 231 mph, the highest wind speed
            ever clocked in the world. The actual gust may have been
            higher, but the anemometer broke at 231 mph.
    In 1945 On the day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died,
            tornadoes raked northwest Arkansas with 25 fatalities. This
            was part of a major outbreak from Oklahoma into Missouri.
    In 1987 A cold front crossing the central U.S. produced heavy snow
            in the Central Rockies, and severe thunderstorms over Kansas
            and Oklahoma.  Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at
            Red Mountain Pass CO.  Thunderstorm winds gusted to 87 mph
            at Ponca City OK. Winds associated with the cold front
            itself gusted to 69 mph at Tucumcari NM. A weak tornado
            touched down at Bosque Farms, NM,bending a basketball
            backboard on a metal pipe, so the top was 5 feet from the
            ground.
    In 1988 Snow blanketed the Southern Appalachians.  Totals in North
            Carolina ranged up to 17 inches at Mitchell. Winds at Flat
            Top Mountain gusted to 80 mph.
    In 1989 Twenty-two cities in the south central and eastern U.S.
            reported record low temperatures for the date, including
            Elkins WV with a low of 15 degrees, and Baton Rouge LA
            with a reading of 37 degrees.
    In 1990 Arctic air invaded the central U.S.  Lincoln NE reported
            a record low of 17 degrees.  Thunderstorms developing along
            the arctic cold front produced heavy snow in north central
            Kansas, wind gusts to 61 mph at Midland TX, and wind gusts
            to 69 mph at Rawlins WY.  Warm weather prevailed in the
            southwestern U.S.  Las Vegas NV reported a record high of
            91 degrees, and on the 13th, Sacramento CA reported a record
            high of 95 degrees.

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