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

 Today is Thursday  August 30, 2012.
 This is the 243rd day of the year, there are 123 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1776 General Washington took advantage of a heavy fog to
            evacuate Long Island after a defeat.  Adverse winds kept
            the British fleet from intervening.
    In 1839 A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras NC to offshore New
            England.  An unusual feature of the hurricane was the
            snow it helped produce, which whitened the Catskill
            Mountains of New York State.  Considerable snow was also
            reported at Salem NY.
    In 1982 A tropical depression brought torrential rains to
            portions of southern Texas.  Up to twelve inches fell
            south of Houston, and as much as eighteen inches fell
            southeast of Austin.  The tropical depression spawned
            fourteen tornadoes in three days. Record cold gripped
            the northeastern U.S.  Thirty-one cities in New England
            reported record lows, and areas of Vermont received up
            to three inches of snow.
    In 1987 Eight cities in California and Oregon reported record
            high temperatures for the date, including Redding CA and
            Sacramento CA where the mercury hit 100 degrees.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms drenched Georgia and the Carolinas with
            heavy rain, soaking Columbia SC with 4.10 inches in three
            hours.  Fresno CA was the hot spot in the nation with a
            record high of 109 degrees.  Duluth MN tied their record
            for the month of August with a morning low of 39 degrees.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
            large hail in Montana and North Dakota during the evening
            and early nighttime hours.  Hail three inches in diameter
            was reported 20 miles south of Medora ND, and
            thunderstorms over Dawson County MT produced up to three
            inches of rain.  Thunderstorms produced golf ball size
            hail at Roundup MT, Dazey ND and Protection KS.
    In 2003 (30th-Sept. 1) Seven vehicles were swept off of the KS
            Turnpike, with 4 fatalities...due to flash flooding.
            Rainfall totals over much of Indiana ranged from 6-10
            inches.


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