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

 Today is Saturday  April 29, 2006.
 This is the 119th day of the year, there are 246 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1905 The town of Taylor, in southeastern Texas, was deluged with
            2.4 inches of rain in fifteen minutes.
    In 1910 The temperature at Kansas City MO soared to 95 degrees to
            establish a record for the month of April. Four days earlier,
            the afternoon high in Kansas City was 44 degrees, following
            a record cold morning low of 34 degrees.
    In 1938 Attendees of the annual Meteorological Society of the
            American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC were
            entertained by record hail.
    In 1963 A tornado, as much as 100 yards in width, touched down south
            of Shannon MS.  The tornado destroyed twenty-seven homes
            along its eighteen mile path, killing three persons. Asphalt
            was torn from Highway 45 and thrown hundreds of yards away.
            Little rain or snow accompanied the tornado, so it was
            visible for miles.
    In 1973 The Mississippi River reached a crest of 43.4 feet, breaking
            the prevous record of 42 feet estbalished in 1785.
    In 1987 A storm off the southeast coast of Massachusetts blanketed
            southern New England with heavy snow. Totals of three inches
            at Boston MA, 11 inches at Milton MA, and 17 inches at
            Worcester MA, were records for so late in the season.
            Princeton MA was buried under 25 inches of snow.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms produced large hail and high winds in central
            Texas.  Baseball size hail was reported at Nixon, and wind
            gusts to 70 mph were reported at Cotulla.  Heavy rain in
            Maine caused flooding along the Pemigewassett and Ammonoosuc
            Rivers.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Arkansas, Louisiana
            and eastern Texas, with more than 70 reports of large hail
            and damaging winds.  Softball size hail was reported at
            Palestine TX. Hail as large as tennis balls caused ten
            million dollars damage around Pine Bluff AR.
    In 1990 A storm system crossing northern New Mexico blanketed parts
            of the Rocky Mountain Region and the Northern High Plains
            with heavy snow, and produced blizzard conditions in central
            Montana.  Much of southern Colorado was buried under one to
            three feet of snow. Pueblo tied an April record with 16.8
            inches of snow in 24 hours. Strong canyon winds in New
            Mexico, enhanced by local showers, gusted to 65 mph at
            Albuquerque.  Afternoon temperatures across the Great Plains
            Region ranged from the 20s in North Dakota to 107 degrees at
            Laredo TX.

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