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Listed are Meteorological events that happened on August 3rd:
1864
A waterspout over Albemarle Sound, NC passed perilously close to the Union Fleet at anchor. The crews of the ships watched "in awe" as the whirlwind dissipated as it moved onshore.
1879
A hailstorm devastated Kew Gardens, London, England shattering 3,000 windows in the Temperate House and 700 panes of glass in the Palm House.
1885
A tornado cut an 8 mile path through Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ, crossing the Delaware River near the present-day Walt Whitman Bridge. Five people were killed and damages amounted to $500,000.
1894
After two record heat waves in July, record cool weather arrives. Lansing, MI fell to 32° for a rare summer freezing temperature.
1898
Philadelphia, PA had one of its worst thunderstorms ever when 5.84 inches fell in just 2 hours. The hydraulic pressure in the city sewers caused by the force of the accumulated runoff created overflows via toilets, basins, and sinks to rise to second floor levels in some cases.
1899
A tropical depression was born in the tropical Atlantic. Before it finally dissipated a record 33 days later, it will become know as the San Ciriaco Hurricane after a Puerto Rican village the storm devastated. Its life as a hurricane was 28 days, the record for longest hurricane life it shares with Hurricane Ginger of 1971.
1914
The temperature at Calgary, Alberta Canada reached an all-time August high of 96°.
1948
The Netherlands registers its record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 8.20 inches of rain fell at Voorthuizen.
1960
A home in Wauponsee Township, IL was struck by two tornadoes within 4 hours. The first one struck around 7pm and the second around 11pm. The house sustained significant damage to the roof, wiring and appliances.
1964
Muskegon, MI set an August record and tied their all-time record high temperature at 99°. The temperature hit 100° at Grand Rapids, MI a record for the date.
Owen, WI set their all-time record high with 101°.
1970
Hurricane Celia made landfall near Port Aransas on the Texas coast, producing wind gusts to 161 mph at Corpus Christi, and estimated wind gusts of 180 mph at Aransas Pass. Even at Del Rio, 250 miles inland, reported wind gusts to 89 mph. The hurricane was the most destructive on record along the Texas coast causing $454 million dollars damage as 8,950 homes were destroyed on the Coastal Bend. Celia also claimed 11 lives and injured 466 people.
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1975
Boston, MA recorded their all-time record highest minimum temperature of 83°.
1979
Six inches of rain at fell Everman, TX causing the Litter Bugger Creek to overflow. Several homes flooded as a result.
1980
12 inches of rain fell in six hours at Buffalo, N.Y causing extensive flash flooding.
1981
Severe thunderstorms tore across portions of central and eastern South Dakota. Near Hoven, a steel bin building was lifted off the ground by a small tornado and carried about 30 feet before it wrapped around a tree. In Faulkton, winds gusted to 97 mph at the Faulkton airport. The extremely high winds destroyed an airport hanger and damaged a grain elevator. At Redfield, 70 mph winds leveled an outdoor movie screen and flipped a plane.
1987
A severe thunderstorm moved across Cheyenne, WY during the mid-afternoon. The thunderstorm produced hailstones up to two inches in diameter causing more than $37 million dollars damage. Hail drifted to five feet in places.
The eastern U.S. sweltered in the heat. A dozen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Paducah, KY with a reading of 102°. Beckley WV established an all-time record with an afternoon high of 93°.
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1988
Thunderstorms developing ahead of a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from the Central High Plains to the Upper Great Lakes Region. Thunderstorms around Fort Collins, CO produced wind gusts to 74 mph along with marble size hail. 16 people were injured in the storm, most of whom were accidently locked out of their office building, having evacuated it when the fire alarm went off, apparently triggered by lightning.
Elkader, IA recorded their hottest August temperature with 106°.
1989
Thunderstorms associated with the remnants of Hurricane Chantal drenched Wichita, KS with 2.20 inches of rain in four hours during the early morning. Thunderstorms developing in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 85 mph at Baudette during the afternoon, and softball size hail at Lake Kabetogama, during the evening.
Jamestown, ND reported a record hot afternoon high of 103°.
1993
Workers desperate to save the historic town of Prarier du Rocher, IL during the Mississippi River Flood deliberately broke a 1,000 foot hole in a levee near the town to divert water headed toward the town from a levee break upstream. The quick action worked, saving the town.
1994
Fairbanks, AK recorded their hottest August temperature ever with 93°.
1995
Hurricane Erin was nearing the coast of the Florida Panhandle. The hurricane had emerged into the Gulf Mexico the previous day after crossing the Florida Peninsula. By early morning, Erin's sustained winds reached 100 mph in a small area near its center. A 98-mph wind gust was observed at Mary Esther Field and Fort Walton Beach, FL. The storm came ashore near Pensacola, FL later that morning causing six fatalities and an estimated $700 million damage. The barrier island stretching from Pensacola Beach to Navarre Beach absorbed the brunt of the storm as it came ashore near Pensacola. Sustained winds of 94 mph and gusts up to 103 mph were measured at Pensacola during the height of the storm. Seven people were reported missing at sea.
South Bend, IN was deluged with 4.83 inches of rain in 24-hours to set their record for greatest daily rainfall.
It was certainly more like fall at Shirley Basin, WY when they recorded a morning low temperature of 33°.
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1997
A southern California radio station reported that more than 20 homes were flooded in Twentynine Palms from heavy thunderstorm rains. Also, the flooding closed Route 62 for about 10 hours due to mud and debris across the road.
2002
On this date through the 4th, hailstones the size of tennis balls crushed grapes in parts of northern Italy and ruined many other crops were also ruined, including corn, peaches and the highly prized olives from the Lake Garda region.
2003
Severe thunderstorms moved over parts of the Chicago Metro area during the early afternoon. The storms produced golf ball size hail along with heavy rain and flooding. 4.14 inches was reported in just 90 minutes six miles east of O’Hare Airport. Four to six feet of water covered the closed Kennedy Expressway. Several tents were blown down at an outdoor festival in Roselle. These storms continued into the evening producing more large hail. The National Weather Service at Romeoville reported nickel size hail for five minutes and 1.60 inches of rain in just 30 minutes.
2005
Elfashir, Sudan recorded a new daily rainfall record with 5.24 inches.
2008
A lightning bolt struck an auto-racing track in Flisa, Norway about five miles from the Swedish border sending 45 fans to hospital with minor burns.
A waterspout over Albemarle Sound, NC passed perilously close to the Union Fleet at anchor. The crews of the ships watched "in awe" as the whirlwind dissipated as it moved onshore.
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