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Meteorological events that happened on November 18th:
Annual weather losses in the United States are estimated to be as high as $34.5 billion with $22 billion in the agricultural industry alone. The next highest monetary damage in any industry is the $2.7 billion dollars lost by the construction industry. Preventable losses in agriculture are an estimated $9.7 billion, with $894 million preventable in construction. Money estimated to be saved by improved forecasts and technology in the National Weather Service is estimated to be two to three times greater than all losses to the general public combined.
1421
The St. Elizabeth's Flood in the Netherlands killed 10,000 people as 72 Dutch villages were swept away when dikes were breached by waves.
1873
A number of ships from fishing fleets were lost from Georgia to Maine and Nova Scotia as a strong coastal storm wreaked havoc along the coast. The barometer in Portland, ME dropped to 28.49 inHg and Eastport, ME had wind gusts to 64 mph. Boston, MA recorded their lowest pressure of 28.73 inHg.
1921
54 inches of snow and sleet closed the Columbia River Highway around The Dalles, OR area.
1929
An earthquake off the coast of the Grand Banks, Newfoundland caused a submarine landslide that triggered a tsunami that killed people on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. The undersea landslide damaged several miles of transatlantic telegraph cables, resulting in much of the $400,000 in damage. The tsunami was felt as far away as South Carolina and Portugal.
1931
An hourly average wind speed of 126 mph was recorded at Cape Hopes Advance on the Ungava Peninsula in Quebec, Canada: This remains Canada's highest recorded wind speed.
1957
An F4 tornado cut a 27 mile path from near Rosa to near Albertville in Blount and Marshall Counties in Alabama, killing three people. An F2 tornado cut a path across the Birmingham area from Ensley to Tarrant City, damaging over 500 homes and resulting in one fatality. Other tornadoes touched down near Tuscaloosa and in Greene and Hale Counties. The day's activity followed an F4 the previous day in Walker County, Alabama.
In the upper Midwest heavy snow fell in areas from Iowa to Wisconsin. Snowfall totals included: Preston, MN: 14 inches (tied for greatest one-day snowfall with 1/22/1982), New Hampton, IA: 11 inches, Spring Grove, MN: 11 inches, Rochester, MN: 9.7 inches, Elgin, MN: 9 inches, Waucoma, IA: 8 inches, Decorah, IA: 7 inches, Grand Meadow, MN: 7 inches, Mondovi, WI: 7 inches, Austin, MN: 6.5 inches, Lanesboro, MN: 6.5 inches, Sparta, WI: 6.4 inches, La Crosse, WI: 6.2 inches, Dorchester, IA: 6 inches, Osage, IA: 6 inches. Caledonia, MN: 6 inches, Harmony, MN: 6 inches. Mather, WI: 6 inches and Viroqua, WI: 6 inches.
1958
Record high temperatures were set all across the lower Great Lakes as a southerly flow of air pushed afternoon high temperatures to around 70 degrees. At Muskegon, MI the temperature hit a record 71° for the second day in a row. Other record highs included: Youngstown, OH: 72°, Grand Rapids, MI: 70°, Akron, OH: 70°-Tied, Lansing, MI: 69° and Flint, MI: 68°-Tied.
A trough out west brought record lows to parts of the southwest including: Flagstaff, AZ: -13°, Winslow, AZ: 11°, Bishop, CA: 13°, Las Vegas, NV: 23°, Fresno, CA: 28°, Phoenix, AZ: 31° and Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 43°.
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1967
A moist subtropical storm that started on this day ended on the 21st. 14+ inches of precipitation fell in the mountains above Los Angeles, CA, 7.96 inches fell at Los Angeles. Flooding was called the “worst since 1934.” Two people were killed and 400 others were stranded in the mountains due to closed highways.
1986
The first of two successive snowstorms struck the northeastern U.S. The storm produced up to 20 inches of snow in southern New Hampshire. Two days later a second storm produced up to 30 inches of snow in northern Maine.
Very cold temperatures struck parts of the northern Plains. Record lows for the date included: Williston, ND and Bismarck, ND tied record lows with -17° and -16° respectively.
1987
It was a windy day across parts of the nation. Gale force winds whipped the Great Lakes Region. Winds gusting to 80 mph in western New York State damaged buildings and flipped over flatbed trailers at Churchville. In Montana, high winds in the Upper Yellowstone Valley gusted to 64 mph at Livingston.
Strong Santa Ana winds buffeted the mountains and valleys of southern California.
1988
Thunderstorms developing along a warm front drenched Little Rock AR with 7.01 inches of rain, smashing their previous record for the date of 1.91 inches.
1989
A second surge of arctic air brought record cold to parts of the north central U.S. A few cities in the Upper Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date, including Rochester, MN: -4°, Sioux City, IA: 4°, Waterloo, IA: 5° and Dubuque, IA: 7°. Strong winds ushering the arctic air into the north central U.S. produced squalls in the Lower Great Lakes Region. Snowfall totals in northern Ohio ranged up to 20 inches in Ashtabula and Geauga Counties.
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1999
Hurricane Lenny stalled near the island of St. Maarten in the northern Leeward Islands for much of the day, with winds near 145 mph, a pressure of 939 millibars or 27.73 inHg and dropping between 25 and 30 inches of rain that led to widespread flooding. The highest rainfall totals included: Gendarmarie, St. Martin: 34.12 inches, Port Louis Gendarmarie, Guadeloupe 17.28 inches, Jayuya, Puerto Rico: 14.64 inches and Granard, St. Croix: 10.47 inches.
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2002
A strong cold front moving across Morocco produced the worst flooding in 30 years causing at least 60 deaths.
2004
Locally heavy snow and strong winds battered much of Scandinavia. Throughout southern and central Sweden, snow accumulates to 8 inches. Strong winds, gusting over 60 mph, combined with snow and rain to produce wind damage in parts of Norway and Denmark.
2006
A rare tornado hit the US Camp Schwab Post Exchange on the island of Okinawa in the western Pacific causing minor damage to the barracks, the post office, vehicles, and power lines.
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