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

 Today is Tuesday  July 18, 2006.
 This is the 199th day of the year, there are 166 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1889 A cloudburst in West Virginia along the small creeks in
            Wirt, Jackson and Wood counties claimed twenty lives.
            Rockport WV reported nineteen inches of rain in two hours
            and ten minutes that Thursday evening.  Tygart Creek rose
            22 feet in one hour, and villages were swept away on
            Tygart, Slate, Tucker, and Sandy Creeks.
    In 1942 A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern
            Pennsylvania, with 30.7 inches in just six hours.  The
            downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were
            devastating.
    In 1986 One of the most "photo-genic" tornadoes touched down in
            the northern suburbs of Minneapolis MN during the late
            afternoon.  The very slow moving tornado actually
            appeared live on the evening news by way of an aerial
            video taken by the KARE-TV helicopter crew.  The tornado,
            unlike most, was quite the prima donna, staying visible
            to tens of thousands of persons for thirty minutes.  It
            was moderate in intensity, with winds of 113-157 mph, and
            caused 650 thousand dollars damage; but no injuries.
    In 1987 Cool weather prevailed in the western U.S.  Seven cities
            reported record low temperatures for the date, including
            Alamosa CO with a reading of 38 degrees.  The low of 52
            degrees at Bakersfield CA was a record for July.  Up to
            eight inches of snow covered the Northern Sierra Nevada
            Range of California from a storm the previous day.
            During that storm, winds gusting to 52 mph at Slide
            Mountain NV produced a wind chill reading of 20 degrees
            below zero.  Susanville CA reached 17 degrees that
            previous day, Blue Canyon CA dipped to a July record of
            36 degrees, and the high of 44 degrees at Klamath Falls
            OR smashed their previous record for July by ten degrees.
    In 1988 Sweltering heat continued in California, with record
            highs of 111 at Redding and 112 at Sacramento.  Death
            Valley CA hit 127 degrees.  Late afternoon and evening
            thunderstorms in the Central Plains Region produced
            baseball size hail at Kimball NE, wind gusts to 79 mph at
            Colby KS, and six inches of rain near Lexington NE.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma,
            northern Texas and Arkansas during the afternoon, and
            into the night.  Thunderstorms produced baseball size
            hail at Stamford TX, and wind gusts to 92 mph near
            Throckmorton TX.  Record heat continued in the
            southwestern U.S.  Phoenix AZ reported a record high of
            115 degrees, and at Midland TX, a 111 degree reading was
            second only to their all-time record high of 112 degrees
            established sixteen days earlier.
    In 2005 Hurricane Emily, which formed days earlier near the
            Windward Islands...then brushed Jamaica and the Cayman
            Islands...getting up to 155 mph prior to landfall on the
            Yucatan Peninsula...slammed ashore just north of Talum,
            Mexico, with 135 mph winds. The northern eyewall, where
            the worst of the storm was, passed directly over Cozumel,
            It was the strongest July hurricane on record in the
            Atlantic basin. Days before, heavy rain fell on Jamaica,
            causing landslides in the same areas damaged less than
            two weeks before by Hurricane Dennis...and some areas
            were cut off from the rest of the island. In Grenada, which
            almost took a direct hit from Emily...heavy rain caused
            flooding and mudslides and left one person dead. One bridge
            had collapsed and there were widespread reports of damage
            to homes and buildings...some of which were still being
            repaired after Hurricane Ivan slammed through the region
            last summer. On the other side of the world, Typhoon
            Haitang slammed into Taiwan, with 140 mph winds, causing
            widespread damage and flooding. Back in the United States,
            excessive heat continued in the desert southwest, with
            many areas well above 100 degrees for high temperatures.
            Las Vegas, NV set an all time high record temperature
            when the thermometer hit 116 degrees.

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