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Welcome to The Weather Notebook for Wednesday, March 28, 2007.

The Weather Notebook is a historical database of past significant
weather events. It includes a history of major tornadoes, blizzards,
hurricanes, and everything and anything else related to weather. We
hope you enjoy it, and if you know of a significant weather event we
haven't included, please let us know.

On this day in ..

* 1920 - Major outbreak of tornadoes from Alabama and Georgia to
Michigan. Tornado in Chicago kills 20. Worst in city's history. 50
killed in Alabama and Georgia. West Point GA hardest hit. 20 people
were killed and 300 were injured as an F4 tornado ripped through Will
and Cook counties in Illinois. Total damage was 2 million dollars.
* 1921 - Cold front caused temperatures to plummet 20 degrees in
20 minutes in the Garden State of New Jersey. Temperatures as dramatic
as 55 degrees in 18 hours also observed.
* 1942 - 22 inches of snow in Baltimore MD.
* 1945 - Record heat wave in East. 90 degree temperatures observed
in parts of Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
* 1955 - Marianna FL picks up one inch of snow for latest
measurable snow in the Sunshine State. Ground was whitened in Panama
City FL.
* 1980 - Although springtime was starting in the Rocky Mountains,
the snow just kept on coming! One foot or more of snow fell over
portions of eastern Colorado, southwest Nebraska, northwest Kansas and
southeastern Wyoming. Winds reached 40 mph and Valentine, Nebraska
received 13 inches of snow. North Platte, Nebraska checked in with 15
inches.
* 1984 - A swarm of 36 tornadoes strikes South and North Carolina
during the afternoon and evening hours, killing 57 people, injuring
1250 and doing $200 million in damage. Many of the fatalities were in
mobile homes. One tornado near Tatum, SC, an F4 on the Fujita scale,
was 2.5 miles wide at one point. This outbreak was the worst in the
area in 60 years.
* 1987 - The second blizzard in less than a week was in progress
across the central plains. 16 inches of snow was recorded at Blue
Hill, Nebraska and 14 inches piled up at Omaha, Nebraska. 12 to 18
inches of snow was common across northwestern Kansas. Winds gusting up
to 70 mph whipped drifts 20 to 30 feet high in some places. The storm
took a great toll on cattle as well.
* 1988 - Severe thunderstorms unloaded hail up to 4 inches in
diameter in the Oklahoma City area. 1500 new cars at a General Motors
plant were totaled. Several large aircraft were heavily damaged at
Tinker Air Force Base. Damage in Oklahoma County alone totaled 35
million
* 1992 - 1.6 inches of snow fell on this date at Syracuse, New
York. This brought the seasonal snowfall total to 162.8 inches, which
set a new all-time seasonal snowfall record for the location. The old
seasonal record was 162.0 inches set back in the winter of 1989-90
* 1996 - Williamsport, Pennsylvania recorded .8 inches of snow on
this day to bring its seasonal snowfall total to 83.9 inches -- the
city's snowiest winter ever.
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