Friday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Friday, 10 September 1999

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL US
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

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TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL US -- Thursday's lowest temperature was XX degrees at XXX. Thursday's highest temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....

The lowest overnight temperature in Alaska on Thursday morning was XX degrees at XXX, while the mid-afternoon highest statewide temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 10 September

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

...1919...A hurricane struck the Florida Keys drowning more than 500 persons. (David Ludlum)
...1960...Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys, with winds gusting to 180 mph and a thirteen foot storm surge. The hurricane then moved north along the eastern coast of Florida and inundated Naples before moving out to sea. Hurricane Donna claimed fifty lives, injured 1800 others, and caused more than 300 million dollars damage. The Marathon/Tavernier area was almost completely destroyed (with more than three quarters of the buildings destroyed or damaged, 12 fatalities and 1794 injured), and in the Citrus Belt, most of the avocado crop was blown from the trees. Hurricane Donna wreaked havoc from Florida to Maine, with wind gusts to 100 mph along much of the coast. Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston, SC on the 11th, and wind gusts to 138 mph at Blue Hill Observatory, MA on the 12th. The hurricane finally died over Maine two days later, producing more than five inches of rain over the state. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1964...Dora, the first full hurricane to cross northeast Florida from the Atlantic, made landfall shortly after midnight at St. Augustine where sustained winds were 100 mph with gusts to 125 mph. Tides reached 12 feet above normal, 4 feet higher than ever recorded. Jacksonville, FL recorded winds to 82 mph, the first hurricane force winds ever at that location. Mayo, FL was deluged with 23.73 inches of rain. Total damage was $230 million. (Intellicast)
...1965...Hurricane Betsy slammed Louisiana with wind gusting to 130 mph at Houma. There were 58 deaths and over 17,500 injured. The storm surge and flooding from torrential rains made Betsy the first billion dollar hurricane with losses exceeding $1.4 billion.
...1987...A late afternoon thunderstorm roared through Austin, TX producing wind gusts to 81 mph, and 2.17 inches of rain in just sixty minutes. The high winds toppled six National Guard helicopters at the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, and damaged or destroyed numerous other aircraft. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Cool air sweeping into the north central U.S. brought snow to some of the higher elevations of Montana. The town of Kings Hill, southeast of Great Falls, was blanketed with six inches of snow. Tropical Storm Gilbert strengthened to a hurricane over the eastern Caribbean. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Light snow fell in Montana overnight, with three inches reported at Fairfield. Billings, MT reported a record low of 33 degrees. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S., with record highs of 86 degrees at Caribou, ME and 90 degrees at Burlington, VT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

11 September

...1949...An early snowstorm brought 7.5 inches to Helena, MT, a record for so early a snowfall at that location. The following day, 22 more inches followed. In Maine, a storm drenched New Brunswick with 8.05 inches of rain in 24 hours, a state record. (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1954...Before it fully recovered from devastating Hurricane Carol, New England was blasted by Hurricane Edna. Winds on Martha's Vineyard gusted to 120 mph. Boston reported sustained winds of 74 mph with gusts to 87 mph. Over 8 inches of rain fell at Portland, ME. Twenty-one people were killed and damage was estimated at $40 million. (Intellicast)
...1961...Very large and slow moving Hurricane Carla made landfall near Port Lavaca, TX. Carla battered the central Texas coast with wind gusts to 175 mph, and up to 16 inches of rain, and spawned a vicious tornado (F4 on the Fujita tornado intensity scale) which swept across Galveston Island killing eight persons and destroying 200 buildings. A storm surge of up to 18.5 feet inundated coastal areas and Bay City was deluged with 17.1 inches of rain. The hurricane claimed 45 lives, and caused 300 million dollars damage. The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great Lakes Region. (David Ludlum) (Storm Data) . (Intellicast)
...1976...Up to five inches of rain brought walls of water and millions of tons of debris into Bullhead City, AZ via washes from elevations above 3000 feet. Flooding caused more than three million dollars damage. Chasms up to forty feet deep were cut across some roads. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...The Oak Island (NC) Coast Guard station recorded sustained winds of 104 mph with gusts over 115 mph from Hurricane Diana, which made landfall on 13 September near Wilmington, NC. (Intellicast)
...1986...Thunderstorms caused flash flooding and subsequent river flooding in central Lower Michigan, setting a new 24 hour rainfall record at Muskegon. Six inches of rain fell in a 24 hour period. 7.52 inches fell at Saginaw and 4.21 inches at Grand Rapids. On the 12th, rivers overflowed their banks and several earthen dams gave way causing record flooding on many rivers. The southbound bridge on U.S. Highway 31 washed out near the town of Hart. Up to 14 inches of rain fell in a 72 hour period, and flooding caused 400 million dollars damage. (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1987...Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Texas, and spawned three tornadoes. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at Goodnight, TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Snow blanketed parts of the Central Rocky Mountain Region and the Central Plateau, with ten inches reported at Mount Evans in Colorado. Smoke from forest fires in the northwestern U.S. reached Pennsylvania and New York State. Hurricane Gilbert, moving westward over the Caribbean, was packing winds of 100 mph by the end of the day. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Nine cities in the north central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Havre, MT with a reading of 23 degrees. Livingston, MT and West Yellowstone, MT tied for honors as the cold spot in the nation with morning lows of 17 degrees. Thunderstorms produced hail over the Sierra Nevada Range of California, with two inches reported on the ground near Donner Summit. The hail made roads very slick, resulting in a twenty car accident. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990....The high temperature at Phoenix reached 112, the highest ever for the date and for so late in the season. (Intellicast)
...1992...Hurricane Iniki, the strongest hurricane ever recorded to strike the Hawaiian Islands crossed Kauai with sustained winds of 130 mph. The storm surge reached 6 feet and 35 foot waves battered coastal areas. More than 1400 homes were destroyed and 5000 were damaged on Kauai alone. Three people were killed and damages were estimated at $1.8 billion (Intellicast)

12 September

...1882...Hot and dry winds caused tree foliage in eastern Kansas to wither and crumble. (David Ludlum)
...1960...Hurricane Donna made landfall on central Long Island and then tracked across New England. Wind gusts reached 140 mph at the Blue Hills Observatory in Milton, MA and 130 mph at Block Island, RI. MacDowell Dam in New Hampshire recorded 7.25 inches of rain. Although a record tide of 6.1 feet occurred at the Battery in New York City, elsewhere fortunately the storm did not make landfall at the high tides so its effects were minimized. This was the first hurricane to affect every point along the East Coast from Key West, FL to Caribou, ME. (Intellicast)
...1977...Thunderstorms deluged the Kansas City area with torrential rains in the early morning hours, and then again that evening. Some places were deluged with more than six inches of rain twice that day, with up to 18 inches of rain reported at Independence, MO. Flooding claimed the lives of 25 persons. The Country Club Plaza area was hardest hit. 2000 vehicles had to be towed following the storm, 150 of which had to be pulled out of Brush Creek, which runs through the Plaza area. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
...1979...Hurricane Frederick smashed into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing 132 mph winds. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over Dauphin Island, AL, just west of Mobile. Frederick produced a fifteen foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. Winds gusted to hurricane force at Meridian, MS even though the city is 140 miles inland. The hurricane was responsible for five fatalities and was the costliest in U.S. history causing 2.3 billion dollars damage. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding in North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Parts of Virginia received 3 to 4 inches of rain in just two hours early in the day. Later in the day, three to five inch rains deluged Cumberland County of south central Pennsylvania. Evening thunderstorms produced seven inches of rain at Marysville, PA, most of which fell in three hours time. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...An afternoon thunderstorm spawned a tornado which skipped across northern sections of Indianapolis, IN damaging roofs and automobiles. It was the first tornado in central Indiana in September in nearly forty years of records. Hurricane Gilbert plowed across the island of Jamaica, and by the end of the day was headed for the Cayman Islands, packing winds of 125 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Snow whitened the mountains and foothills of northeastern Colorado, with eight inches reported at Buckhorn Mountain, west of Fort Collins. Two to three inches fell around Denver, causing great havoc during the evening rush hour. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region between mid afternoon and early the next morning. Thunderstorms produced hail three inches in diameter at Roswell, NM, and wind gusts greater than 98 mph at Henryetta, OK. Thunderstorms also produced torrential rains, with more than seven inches at Scotland, TX, and more than six inches at Yukon, OK. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)