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APRIL 6TH, 1989 |
Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in California. Afternoon highs of 91 degrees in Downtown San Francisco, 93 degrees at San Jose, 98 degrees at San Diego, 103 degrees at Santa Maria, 104 degrees at Riverside, and 106 degrees in Downtown Los Angeles established records for the month of April.
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APRIL 6TH, 1936 |
A tornado outbreak in the Deep South resulted in a total of 446 deaths and eighteen million dollars damage. It was a "Tale of Two Cities". During the evening of the 5th a tornado hit Tupelo MS killing 216 persons, injuring 700 others, and causing three million dollars damage. The next morning the paths of two tornadoes met about 8:30 AM and cut a swath four blocks wide through Gainesville GA killing 203 persons, injuring 934, and causing thirteen million dollars damage.
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APRIL 5TH, 1945 |
The temperature at Eagles Nest NM plunged to 45 degrees below zero to establish an April record for the United States.
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APRIL 5TH, 1972 |
A tornado, over a quarter mile wide at times, touched down at a marina on the Oregonside of the Columbia River, and then tore through Vancouver WA killing sixpersons, injuring 300 others, and causing more than five million dollars damage. It was the deadliest tornado of the year, and the worst of recordfor Washington.
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APRIL 4TH, 1804 |
A large tornado crossed six Georgia counties killing at least eleven persons near Augusta.
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APRIL 4TH, 1933 |
Pigeon River Bridge MN reported 28 inches of snow, which established the state 24 hour snowfall record.
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APRIL 3RD, 1974 |
A swarm of 148 tornadoes dubbed the Super Tornado Outbreak cuts devastating paths through 11 states; severely damages Alabama, Kentucky and Ohio where Xenia receives the severest destruction. During the 24 hour ordeal, 306 die and 5400 are injured.
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APRIL 3RD, 1955 |
Record snows fell in north central Wyoming and south central Montana. Billings MT received a storm total of 42.3 inches, and on the 4th reported a record snow depth of 35 inches. Sheridan WY established a 24 hour snowfall record of 26.7 inches.
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APRIL 2ND, 1975 |
The northeastern U.S. was in the grips of a severe storm which produced hurricane force winds along the coast, and two to three feet of snow in Maine and New Hampshire. Winds atop Mount Washington NH gusted to 140 mph.
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APRIL 2ND, 1982 |
Severe thunderstorms spawned fifty-six tornadoes in the central U.S., including seventeen in the Red River Region of Texas and Oklahoma. The tornadoes claimed thirty lives, and injured 383 other persons. A violent tornado near Messer OK left only the carpet tack strips on the slab of a house it destroyed, and carried a motel sign thirty miles.
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APRIL 1ST, 1988 |
A powerful spring storm produced 34 inches of snow at Rye CO, 22 inches at Timpas OK, 19 inches at Sharon Springs KS, and up to 35 inches in New Mexico. Severe thunderstorms associated with the same storm spawned a tornado which caused 2.5 million dollars damage at East Mountain TX.
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