TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick  
  Kincaid  
    
   Today is Sunday  April 12, 2026.  
   This is the 102nd day of the year, there are 263 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 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.  
  --- SBBSecho 3.32-Win32  
   * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)