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Listed are Meteorological events that happened on August 5th:
1783
The Mount Asama volcano in Japan erupted violently, blowing the top off of the mountain and sending huge amounts of ash into the atmosphere. Over 1,000 villagers were killed by lava, steam, boiling mud and superheated gases as its pyroclastic flow engulfed the villages on the northern flanks of the mountain. Sunlight was blocked over northern Japan for several months, resulting in a famine that killed many residents.
1843
A spectacular cloudburst near Philadelphia, PA turned the small creeks and streams entering the Delaware River into raging torrents. As much as 16 inches of rain fell in just 3 hours. Flooding destroyed 32 county bridges, and caused nineteen deaths. It is believed that several small tornadoes accompanied the torrential rains, one of which upset and sank more than 30 barges on the Schuylkill River.
1875
Several tornadoes moved across northern and central Illinois. One of the stronger tornadoes touched down in Warren County, then passed just to the north of. 25 homes were destroyed, with 2 people killed and 15 injured. Another in a series of tornadoes touched down near Knoxville and moved east into northern Peoria County. 14 people were hurt and 20 farms destroyed by this family of tornadoes, described by eyewitnesses as looking like a "monstrous haystack".
1915
Fort Wayne, IN set their coldest August high temperature with 60°.
1924
A water temperature of 96° was measured by a ship in the Persian Gulf.
1936
Death Valley National Park, CA recorded 1.10 inches of rain. This was the highest total ever recorded in August.
1959
A 24 hour rainfall record for Iowa was set with 16.70 inches in Decatur County.
1961
The temperature at Ice Harbor Dam, WA soared to 118° to equal the state record established at Wahluke on 7/24/1928. The afternoon high of 111° at Havre, MT was an all-time record for that location. Billings, MT set their all-time record August high with 105°.
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1980
Hurricane Allen was one of the most intense hurricanes ever observed in the Atlantic. On this date, the hurricane reached Category 5 status for the first of three times during its long path across the Atlantic as reconnaissance aircraft measured a 911 mb pressure in the eastern Caribbean while south of Puerto Rico. Later this day, Allen moved across Haiti, ruining much of the country's coffee crop and killing 220 people.
Casper WY established new record low of 39°; breaking the previous record by 9 degrees.
1981
A tornado struck Kronau, Saskatchewan Canada at midday, destroying four steel granaries, a storage shed and a workshop.
1983
Very heavy thunderstorms hit the southern portion of metro Denver, CO. 2.89 inches of rain fell in just 38 minutes causing widespread street flooding in southeast Denver. Two feet of water covered a section of Interstate 25. Hail up to golf ball size accompanied the storm in Littleton and Englewood along with 60 mph winds.
1987
Severe thunderstorms raked central & eastern South Dakota. The thunderstorms spawned six tornadoes in central South Dakota. Five of theses tornadoes touched down in Lyman County, including three which did damage near Kennebec within 25 minutes of each other. One of the tornadoes destroyed three farms, downing outbuildings, power lines, granaries, and killing farm animals, produced softball size hail at Bowdle, and produced wind gusts to 90 mph south of Watertown.
Hot weather continued in eastern Texas. Afternoon highs of 106° at Waco and 100° at Houston equaled records for the date.
1988
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Indiana and Lower Michigan to Pennsylvania and New York State during the day. Thunderstorms in Michigan produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Ashley, Hastings and Lennon.
1989
Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, and from Iowa to the Upper Ohio Valley, with 216 reports of large hail or damaging winds. A thunderstorm complex developed over eastern Nebraska during the early morning hours and swept through northeast Nebraska, northwest Iowa and west central Iowa with very strong winds. Considerable damage to trees, power lines and buildings was reported in numerous counties. The leading edge of the complex produced high winds 50 to 60 miles ahead of it. Wind gusts of 80 mph and higher were reported at several locations, including Greene and Carroll Counties. Winds of 85 mph were recorded at the Carroll Airport with 102 mph winds recorded at Jefferson. Four people were injured when their van was rolled and destroyed near Arcadia on U.S. Highway 30. Sioux City reported wind gusts of 60 mph as well as Battle Creek in Ida County. There were $10 million dollars damage to crops in Carroll and Greene Counties.
1994
The temperature reached a high of 97° at Milan, Italy, their hottest day during the 1990's. Meanwhile on the same day, the temperature at Fairbanks, AK reached 93°, their hottest August day on record.
1995
Near Deerfield, KS, hail piled in huge drifts and stripped corn in a two mile wide swath. Hail drifts were still evident 24 hours later. Rain of over six inches in a short time caused flash flooding in the Deerfield area. Highway 50 was covered by three feet of water and was closed for several hours and limited to one way traffic for 24 hours. Sand was deposited on many streets bringing out heavy equipment to clear the debris.
1999
Governors of four Mid-Atlantic States imposed mandatory water restrictions as the worst drought in the history of the region continued. The period April through July ranked as the second driest ever for the Northeast, second only to 1965.
2002
Tropical Storm Bertha became the first tropical system of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane to make a U.S. landfall. Bertha dumped 7.15 inches of rain on Pascagoula, MS in 24 hours.
2003
The long, hot summer continued in Spain as temperatures peaked at 106° in the southern cities of Seville and Cordoba and 104° at Madrid.
2006
The worst tornado to hit Manitoba in 70 years struck Gull Lake cutting a path through the provinces’ cottage country. It destroyed a resort area, snapped trees, and damaged boats and homes. One woman died and 10 others were injured. The death was the first death from a tornado in Canada since July, 2000.
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