TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick  
  Kincaid  
    
   Today is Saturday  August 15, 2026.  
   This is the 227th day of the year, there are 138 days left.  
    
   On this day...  
      Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current  
      weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center  
      website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov  
      In 1787 Tornadoes were reported in Connecticut, Rhode Island,  
              Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.  Wethersfield CT was  
              hard hit by the tornado outbreak.  
      In 1946 Saint Louis MO was deluged with a record 8.78 inches of  
              rain in 24 hours.  
      In 1967 The "sundance fire" in northern Idaho was started by  
              lightning.  Winds of 50 mph carried firebrands as much as  
              ten miles in advance to ignite new fires, and as a  
              result, the forest fire spread twenty miles across the  
              Selkirk Mountains in just twelve hours, burning 56,000  
              acres.  The heat of the fire produced whirlwinds of flame  
              with winds up to 300 mph which flung giant trees about  
              like matchsticks.  
      In 1985 Near Whitehall, New York, lightning struck a farmhand.  
              En route to the hospital, his ambulance was also hit by  
              lightning.  
      In 1987 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a sharp cold front  
              produced severe weather in the Upper Midwest during the  
              afternoon and evening hours, with Minnesota and eastern  
              South Dakota hardest hit.  A thunderstorm in west central  
              Minnesota spawned a tornado at Eagle Lake which killed  
              one person and injured eight others.  A thunderstorm in  
              eastern South Dakota produced softball size hail at  
              Warner.  
      In 1988 Thirty five cities in twenty states in the north central  
              and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures  
              for the date, including Lamoni IA and Baltimore MD, where  
              the mercury hit 105 degrees.  Temperatures 100 degrees or  
              above were reported in twenty-two states.  Pierre SD was  
              the hot spot in the nation with a high of 114 degrees.  
              Bluefield WV reported eight straight days of record heat.  
      In 1989 Evening thunderstorms in eastern New Mexico produced wind  
              gusts to 66 mph at Clovis.  Evening thunderstorms in West  
              Texas produced baseball size hail around Hereford,  
              Dimmitt, Ware and Dalhart.  
      In 2003 (9th-15th) Widespread flooding occurred across the eastern  
              United States from Florida to Maine. Numerous reports of  
              roads closed, roads and bridges washed out, mud and rock  
              slides, vehicles stranded, and basement flooding were  
              noted. Isolated evacuations occurred in North Carolina,  
              Georgia, Ohio, and New Hampshire. Many areas got from 2  
              to 3 inches of rain, while parts of West Virginia got  
              over 7 inches of rain.  
  --- SBBSecho 3.37-Win32  
   * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)