A Cessna 150 aircraft housed within the hangar was flipped over and snapped in two. One thunderstorm in west Texas produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Dell City completely destroying an airport hangar. ![]() Thunderstorms produced high winds and locally heavy rain in the southwestern U.S. Other daily records included: Redding, CA: 108°, Sacramento, CA: 100°, Fort Myers, FL: 96°, Vero Beach, FL: 93°, Miami, FL: 93°-Tied and Reno, NV: 90°-Tied. Borrego Springs, CA set a daily record high and was the hot spot in the nation with 110°. Unseasonably hot weather continued in Florida and the western U.S. Tropical Storm Emily, which formed in the Caribbean the previous afternoon, caused considerable damage to the banana industry of St. Official rainfall measurements exceeded six inches in some locations, and an unofficial report of 11 inches in 11 hours was received from Hollister. More than 10 bridges were washed out, and fences were removed by the floodwaters. About 1,500 cattle were trapped by the high water, and many of them drowned. Heavy rain in southwest Oklahoma through the 22nd, caused extensive flooding and damage to pasture and crop land. record for temperature change caused only by diurnal local cooling and heating. The hail two inches in diameter caused a million dollars in damage.ĭeeth, NV record a morning low of 12° and an afternoon high of 87° on this day, a U.S. A tornado, spawned by this hurricane, unroofed a small farmhouse and destroyed another near Homestead.Ī severe hailstorm hit Logansport, IN and created the worst destruction seen there up to that time. The lowest barometric pressure was 963 millibars or 28.44 inHg, and top winds were 122 mph. ![]() Total damage was between $350 and $500 million dollarsĪ hurricane struck near Everglades City, then moved northeast through Florida to emerge into the Atlantic near Jupiter. Providence, RI was inundated with a record 13.75 foot storm surge. The monster cyclone produced tremendous waves with its 150 mph winds, waves that smashed against the New England shore with such force that earthquake-recording machines on the Pacific coast clearly showed the shock of each wave. Hardest hit were Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Long Island, NY. The hurricane, which lasted 12 days, destroyed 275 million trees. Sustained winds of 121 mph with a peak gust to186 mph was recorded at the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, MA, and a storm surge of nearly 30 feet caused extensive flooding along the coast of Rhode Island. The hurricane smashed into Long Island and bisected New England causing a massive forest blow down and widespread flooding. The hurricane passed west of New Haven, CT through Massachusetts and Vermont. The Great New England Hurricane or “The Long Island Express Hurricane”, crossed Long Island at a forward speed in excess of 60 mph with a barometric pressure reading of 946 millibars or 27.94 inHg, the lowest pressure ever recorded in the northeastern U.S. ![]() The death toll was 18 and 50 people were injured. The hens were found the next day sitting on their eggs in the chicken house, with no windows broken, as though nothing had happened.Ī couple of tornadoes, one rated F4 and the other F5, tore paths of devastation through Eau Claire, Clark, and Taylor Counties in Wisconsin. Three tornadoes caused F4 damage and one caused F5 damage.A heavy chicken house, 16 by 16 feet in area, was picked up by a tornado and wedged between two trees. Glen Allen Weather History SEPTEMBER 21ST - 30TH WEATHER HISTORYĬharlie Wilson Wilmington Weather ExaminerSubscribeSponsor an Examiner A member of the American Meteorological Society,Ĭharlie Wilson has combined his knowledge of Meteorology & Weather History with his Education background in Communications.Ī severe thunderstorm outbreak across Iowa and Minnesota killed 63 people and injured 253 others.
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