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

 Today is Saturday  March 25, 2006.
 This is the 84th day of the year, there are 281 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1843 A second great snowstorm hit the northeastern U.S.  The
            storm produced snow from Maine all the way to the Gulf
            of Mexico.  Natchez MS received three inches of snow,
            and up to 15 inches buried eastern Tennessee.  Coastal
            Maine received 204 inches of snow that winter.
    In 1914 Society Hill SC was buried under 18 inches of snow,
            establishing a state record.
    In 1934 A spring storm produced 21 inches of snow at Amarillo
            TX in 24 hours.  However, much of the snow melted as it
            fell, and as a result, the snow cover was never any
            deeper than 4.5 inches.
    In 1948 For the second time in less than a week airplanes were
            destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City
            OK.  A March 20th tornado destroyed fifty planes at
            Tinker AFB causing more than ten million dollars
            damage, and the March 25th tornado destroyed another
            thirty-five planes causing six million dollars damage.
            The first tornado struck without warning, and caused
            more damage than any previous tornado in the state of
            Oklahoma.  The second tornado was predicted by Fawbush
            and Miller of the United States Air Force, and their
            accurate tornado forecast ushered in the modern era of
            severe weather forecasting.
    In 1975 The town of Sandberg reported a wind gust to 101 mph,
            a record for the state of California.
    In 1987 Heavy rain left rivers and streams swollen in Kansas
            and Nebraska, causing considerable crop damage due to
            flooding of agricultural areas.  The Saline River near
            Wilson Reservoir in central Kansas reached its highest
            level since 1951.  March rainfall at Grand Island NE
            exceeded their previous record of 5.57 inches.
    In 1988 An early season heat wave prevailed in the southwestern
            U.S.  The high of 93 degrees at Tucson AZ was a new
            record for March.  Windy conditions prevailed across
            the central and eastern U.S.  Winds gusted to 60 mph
            at Minneapolis MN, and reached 120 mph atop Rendezvous
            Peak WY.
    In 1989 A Pacific storm brought wet weather to much of the
            western third of the country, with heavy snow in some
            of the higher elevations.  La Porte CA was drenched
            with 3.56 inches of rain in 24 hours.  Up to 24 inches
            of snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada Range.
    In 1990 Temperatures dipped below zero in the Northern Rocky
            Mountain Region.  Hardin MT was the cold spot in the
            nation with a morning low of 10 degrees below zero.
            Freezing drizzle was reported in the Southern Plains
            Region, with afternoon highs only in the 30s from the
            Southern High Plains to Missouri and Arkansas.

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