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APRIL 9TH, 1947 |
A tornado struck Woodward OK during the late evening killing 95 persons and causing six million dollars damage. The tornado, one to two miles in width, and traveling at a speed of 68 mph, killed a total of 167 persons along its 221 mile path from Texas into Kansas, injured 980 others, and caused nearly ten million dollars damage.
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APRIL 9TH, 1987 |
International Falls MN reported their sixth straight record high for the date, with a reading of 77 degrees. A cold front ushering sharply colder weather into the north central U.S. produced wind gusts to 60 mph at Glasgow MT.
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APRIL 8TH, 1973 |
A severe storm brought high winds and heavy snow to Iowa. Belle Plain received 20 inches of snow, and 19 inches blanketed Dubuque, record totals for both locations for so late in the season. Snow drifts up to sixteen feet high closed highways.
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APRIL 8TH, 1919 |
A tornado swarm in northern Texas resulted in the deaths of 64 persons.
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APRIL 7TH, 1857 |
A late season freeze brought snow to every state in the Union. Even as far south as Houston TX the mercury plunged to 21 degrees.
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APRIL 7TH, 1929 |
Record heat prevailed across New England. Hartford CT reported an afternoon high of 90 degrees.
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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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