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- 1946: The Scotch Cap Lighthouse on Unimak Island, AK, was hit by 2 earthquakes in 27-min., then obliterated by a tidal wave.
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- 1987: (2nd-5th) A late-season snowstorm set the NC state snow record with 60" at Newfound Gap.
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- 1974: The Super Outbreak of 148 tornadoes in 48 hrs left 315 dead and 5,484 hurt in states from AL and GA up to MI and NY.
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- 1987 (2nd-5th): A late-season snowstorm showered 6" of snow in Birmingham AL & gave Mobile their first ever April flurries.
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- 1987: Near record flooding contributed to the collapse of a NY State bridge spanning Schoharie Creek near Amsterdam. 10 died.
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- 1982: 12" of snow with 3' drifts at Yankee Stadium in NYC postponed the season opener between the Yankees and the Texas Rangers.
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- 1984: In Texas, members of a soccer team were on an aluminum ladder putting up a net when lightning struck, ripping the clothes off a player.
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- 1984 (8th-14th): Intense tropical cyclone Kamisy crossed and recrossed the north of Madagascar, leaving 100,000 homeless.
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- 1991: A squall line of severe thunderstorms with gusts up to 110 mph raced across WV, leaving $16 million damage.
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- 1983: A dust devil formed over a field in AK's Tanana Valley, destroying a greenhouse and blowing its debris 600' away.
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- 1988: 16 US cities reported new record high temperatures for the date, including 95 degrees F at Sacramento & 96 degrees F at Bakersfield, CA.
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- 1987: A weak tornado touched down at Bosque Farms, NM, bending a basketball backboard on a metal pipe so the top was 5' from the ground.
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- 1991 (9th-13th): A 3 mile long ice jam on ME's St. John River broke up, releasing a 30' wall of ice, crushing cars & houses.
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- 1886: An 800 yard wide tornado cut through Saint Cloud MN, revealing the bottom of the Mississippi River as it crossed.
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- 1927: New Orleans LA was soaked with 14.01 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state.
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- 1990: 100 mph wind gusts in OK blew away many Federal tax returns being carried from a mail cart to a waiting truck.
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- 1988: AZ was blanketed with heavy snow, dumping 16" on Pinetop, with 10" inches reported at Flagstaff.
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- 1906: After being rocked by a severe earthquake, San Francisco was destroyed by fire, spread by strong winds.
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- 1927: SW of Carrolton, IL, a teacher told her students to take cover during a tornado. She didn't and was killed. All students lived.
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- 1973 (18th-20th): The springtime 58.0" snowfall near Glenrock, WY set the state's single storm snowfall record.
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- 1990: The Warrego River in Queensland, Australia rose 3' over its flood stage forcing all 3500 residents to be evacuated.
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- 1910: (22nd-26th) The 6.4" snow which fell on Chicago began the latest significant snow event for Chicago in April.
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- 1986 (22nd-23rd): An unusually late snowfall in PA (up to 30" in the Poconos) created traffic jams with 20 mile backups.
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- 1930: A low level updraft in Hinaidi and Baghdad, Iraq slowed falling hail to 9 mph, creating hailstones 1 5/8" in diameter.
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- 1880: A violent tornado 400 yds wide in Macon, MS, threw loaded freight cars 100 yds into homes and carried debris 15 miles away.
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- 1991: An outbreak of 55 tornadoes devastated parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, killing 21 people.
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- 1942: A violent wartime tornado tore through Pryor, OK, killing 52 and wiping out communication 15 miles outside the city.
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- 1989: A tornado killed 10 in India, 2 days after what may have been the world's deadliest tornado killed 1300 in Bangladesh.
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- 1938: Attendees of the annual Meteorological Soc. of the American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC were entertained by record hail.
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- 1971: At 10:30 AM the sky over Jacksonville, FL turned black & birds began to roost, due to a nearby dying thunderstorm.
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