Much of this data is courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center
(www.spc.noaa.gov) -- please get permission before using this
data for yourself.

Special thanks go to Fred Otsby, Hugh Crowther, David Ludlum,
and many others, for preparing this data. This is NOT an all
inclusive listing of weather history. More detailed, or similar
information can be found at:

1) The National Climate Data Center at:

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

2) KATV, the ABC-TV affiliate, in Little Rock, Arkansas, Weather
Link at:

http://cfc.katv.com/weatherhistory.cfm

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Monday May 3, 2010.
This is the 123rd day of the year, there are 242 days left.

On this day...
In 1895 A tornado leveled 2 schools miles apart in Sioux County,
Iowa, killing a brother and sister at different schools.
In 1978 Persistent thunderstorms caused widespread flooding in
southeastern Louisiana and extreme southeastern
Mississippi. Rainfall totals of ten to thirteen and a
half inches were reported around New Orleans causing the
worst flooding in thirty years. The water depth reached
three to four feet in several hundred homes, and total
damage was estimated at one hundred million dollars.
In 1987 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas. Softball size hail was reported at Center
Point TX, and a tornado caused three million dollars
damage near Satanta KS. Heavy snow blanketed the
foothills of eastern Colorado, with 18 inches reported at
Divide.
In 1988 Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to the drought-
stricken central U.S. Evening thunderstorms produced
large hail in North Carolina. Baseball size hail was
reported west of Mooresville NC.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern and
Central Plains Region. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 72
mph at Graford TX, and baseball size hail was reported at
Graham TX and Lake Kemp TX.
In 1990 A stubborn late season storm slowly crawled across
southern Colorado the first three days of the month
producing heavy snow from the San Juan Mountains to
the southeastern plains. The storm produced up to three
feet of snow in the high elevations of southern Colorado,
and 18 to 22 inches of snow along the eastern slopes of
the Central Mountains of New Mexico. Pueblo CO reported
a record 10.6 inches of snow for the month, as a result
of the storm, and a record total for the winter season of
69.6 inches.
In 1999 A violent F5 tornado devastated much of Oklahoma City; winds
were measured by Doppler On Wheels to be 318 mph; just below
an F6 on the Fujita Tornado Scale.

Route: 35/5m0 10/22
..ORIGIN: 035/005 - THE THUNDERBOLT BBS LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS