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- 1988: High water pressure from flooded streets and basements in Ely, Minnesota blew the covers off manholes.
- 9/2
- 1985: After teasing residents on the Gulf of Mexico for 2 days, Hurricane Elena hit Biloxi MS, causing over $1 billion damage.
- 9/3
- 1967: 100+ mph winds drove golfball size hail across the Texas Panhandle. One stone was 11" in circumference.
- 9/4
- 1986: A dust devil blew open the doors of the NWS office in Flagstaff, scattering papers and pulling down a ceiling lamp.
- 9/5
- 1975: Blowing dust reduced visibilities to near 0 on I-10 near Toltec, AZ, resulting in a 22-car chain reaction accident.
- 9/6
- 1987: Heavy rainfall led to a mudslide which engulfed a mountain road in Venezuela. 200 were killed as mud swamped their cars.
- 9/7
- 1970: All 38 players of a St. Petersburg, FL high school football team were knocked off their feet when lightning struck them.
- 9/8
- 1900: America's worst natural disaster, a hurricane with a 20' storm surge that killed over 6000 people in Galveston, TX.
- 9/9
- 1971: Hurricane Ginger formed. It became a hurricane on the 11th and remained so for 27 days in the North Atlantic Ocean.
- 9/10
- 1976: Kathleen was the first tropical cyclone to hit southern CA since 1939, its 6' high wall of water destroyed 70% of homes.
- 9/11
- 1992: The eye of Hurricane Iniki tracked across western Kauai HI, stranding Steven Spielberg and the film crew of Jurassic Park.
- 9/12
- 1979: Hurricane Frederic plowed into AL, producing the costliest US hurricane of its time with $2.3 billion damage.
- 9/13
- 1922: The world record for high temperature was established when El Azizia in Libya reached 136 degrees.
- 9/14
- 1944: A large hurricane swept up the east coast, killing over 400 people and destroying the Atlantic City, NJ boardwalk.
- 9/15
- 1982: Lander, Wyoming set its new September record for 24 hour snowfall with 16.9 inches.
- 9/16
- 1988: Hurricane Gilbert, the all-time record holder for low barometric pressure in the western hemisphere, moved into Mexico.
- 9/17
- 1988: One of 47 tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Gilbert hit Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, causing $28 million damage.
- 9/18
- 1926: The eye of the "Great Miami Hurricane" passed over Miami, raising the tide level to 12', claiming a total of 372 lives.
- 9/19
- 1967: Brownsville, Texas received a record 12.19" of rain in 24 hours, courtesy of Hurricane Beulah, who hit land on the 20th.
- 9/20
- 1845: A tornado traveled an amazing 275 miles across Lake Ontario, New York and Lake Champlain.
- 9/21
- 1989: Hurricane Hugo slammed into the SC coast, with a storm surge of 20.2' at Seewee Bay and $8 billion damage total.
- 9/22
- 1890: Strawberry, Arizona experienced a hailstorm so severe, it left drifts of hail 12 to 18 inches deep 5 days later.
- 9/23
- 1983: A thunderstorm downburst in the Kaibab National Forest caused a timber blowdown, completely destroying 200 acres.
- 9/24
- 1950: A 6-day smoke pall from Canada forest fires covered the eastern US, varying the sun's color to pink, purple, blue & tan.
- 9/25
- 1939: "El Cordonazo" tropical storm hit CA between San Diego and L.A., resulting in $2 million damage and 45 deaths at sea.
- 9/26
- 1970 (25th-29th): Santa Ana winds brought fires to Los Angeles County. Over 500,000 acres burned, as did 1000 structures.
- 9/27
- 1959: A 440 yard wide tornado traveled 20 miles from OK to KS. Its slow movement & load roar gave warning, preventing any deaths.
- 9/28
- 1986: A flash flood victim in HI held onto a branch awaiting help while the current stripped him of his clothes and watch!
- 9/29
- 1938: 5 tornadoes hit the Charleston SC area, damaging Market and Broad Streets. 27 people died and 80 were injured.
- 9/30
- 1976: Hurricane Liza, with peak winds of 130 mph, sideswiped the southeast coast of Mexico's Baja California.
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