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Weather History - June 26: Record Heat, Hurricane Audrey, Severe Storms, Floods and Hail
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Listed are Meteorological events that happened on June 26th:
1888
Residents of New York City suffered through a record heat wave. Daily average temperatures were above 80° for 14 straight days. The heat wave was a sharp contrast to the severe blizzard in March of that year, which buried the city under nearly two feet of snow.
1930
Lightning struck the John B. King drillship in the St. Lawrence River, igniting a storage of dynamite onboard. The resulting explosion killed 30 people and injured 11 others.
1931
The temperature soars to 92° at Anchorage, AK, their hottest reading of record to date.
1933
A hailstorm swept a path of destruction 12 miles wide and 40 miles long across eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.
1954
Under calm winds and a bright sunny sky a killer wave rose suddenly from a placid Lake Michigan sweeping eight unsuspecting fishermen off a breakwater to their deaths. The water level at Montrose Harbor surged more than 10 feet within a few minutes. The “seiche” was caused by an earlier squall on the lake.
1957
Residents of Cameron, LA went to bed believing that they had plenty of time to evacuate the following morning in advance of what was then Category 2 Hurricane Audrey. Official bulletins from the U.S. Weather Bureau stated that the storm would not come ashore until late the next day. They would be very surprised the next morning to find water covering much of their parish as a 12 foot storm surge was already impacting the area and the center was just offshore. Also, Audrey had intensified rapidly during the night, with the central pressure dropping 35 millibars from the last reconnaissance fix during the day. Winds correspondingly increased to 145 mph and the storm surge rose from an expected 5-8 feet to a devastating 12 feet and higher. Additionally, the forward movement of the hurricane increased from 6 mph to 15 mph, and residents were told that the hurricane would not strike until the following afternoon. 390 people died and another 192 were missing.
The high temperature at Palm Springs, CA hit 121°; tying their highest temperature set on 6/24 & 6/29/1994.
1959
The Weather Bureau installed its first WSR-57 Weather Radar at Miami, FL.
1977
"The Human Lightning Conductor", park ranger Roy C. Sullivan was struck by lightning for the seventh time. He was first hit in 1942, then again in 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1976.
1980
Strong thunderstorm winds caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage across central and eastern South Dakota. Severe weather was widespread across the east during this outbreak with high winds doing the most damage. Severe storms with winds over 60 mph were reported in at least 10 separate counties. The hardest hit area was Mitchell where 100 mph winds slammed into the city wiping out trees, blowing out windows, and damaging the airport. Damage in Mitchell alone exceeded $200,000.
Several locations across the Plains endured record breaking heat including: DFW, TX: 113°, Wichita Falls, TX: 113°, Dallas, TX: 112°, Wichita, KS: 109°, Waco, TX: 107°, Grand Junction, CO: 106, Houston, TX: 102°, San Antonio, TX: 102°, North Platte, NE: 101°, Corpus Christi: 100° and Victoria, TX: 100°.
1985
A spectacular waterspout over the south end of the Great Salt Lake, UT was visible for 20 miles. It lasted four minutes.
1986
Hurricane Bonnie made landfall on the upper Texas coast. A wind gust to 98 mph occurred at Sea Rim State Park. Ace, TX recorded a total of 13 inches of rain.
1987
Hot weather prevailed in the Pacific Northwest. Afternoon highs of 88° at Seattle, WA, 103° at Medford, OR, and 111° at Redding, CA were records for the date.
Cloudy and cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. The high at Boston, MA was just 60°.
1988
13 cities in the north-central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. In Montana, the record high of 102° at Billings was their 15th of the month, and the high of 108° at Glasgow equaled their record for June. Miles City, MT set their record high for June with 106°.
Thunderstorms in the Atlantic Coast Region produced wind gusts to 102 mph at Tall Timbers, MD. Lightning struck a main transmission line at Sandwich, MA which knocked out power to all of Cape Cod's and Martha's Vineyard 140,000 customers for up to six hours.
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1989
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley. There were 129 reports of severe weather during the day and night. Thunderstorms in Kansas produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Liberal, and hail 4 inches in diameter at Quinter. Thunderstorms in Wisconsin spawned a tornado at Lake Delton injuring 4 people. Lightning struck and killed a woman at Junction City, KS when she got out of her car to photograph the lightning.
1990
Unseasonably hot temperatures occurred across from the western Plains across to the southwest portions of the nation. 122° was recorded both in Phoenix and Yuma, AZ. 107° was reached in Amarillo, TX and Tucson, AZ checked in with a high of 117°. Lander, WY set a record high with 99°.
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1993
A very unstable air mass was situated over the area. Thunderstorms developed over eastern Nebraska that afternoon and moved eastward into Iowa. Large hail was frequent with these storms. Two miles northwest of Little Sioux, golf ball size hail completely covered the ground and strong winds caused this hail to drift. The most significant hail damage occurred in Shelby County. Here, a thunderstorm dropped golf ball to softball size hail in a swath about two miles wide and 20 miles long. Baseball size hail covered the ground six miles north of Harlan. Reports of 75% crop destruction were common within this hail swath.
1994
Searing heat was prevalent across the southwestern U.S. as a huge 600 decameter 500 millibar high pushed temperatures to record levels. Albuquerque, NM hit 107°, for its hottest temperature ever. The same record was set at Lubbock, TX with 111°. Both Midland and El Paso, TX reached 112°, to both tie their hottest temperatures on record. Escondido, CA hot 105° tying their hottest temperature for June (6/18/1957 & 6/11/1979). Daily record highs included: Roswell, NM: 111°, Denver, CO: 104°, Grand Junction, CO: 104°, Colorado Springs, CO: 98°, Alamosa, CO: 95°, Death Valley, CA had a morning low of 102°.
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1996
In two separate incidences in Florida, severe thunderstorm winds overturned a small aircraft at both Vero Beach Municipal Airport and Ft. Pierce Airport, where wind gusts to 81 mph were recorded.
1999
15 inches of rain fell, most of it between 9pm and midnight, over the Schriever, LA area as thunderstorms continuously redeveloped and “trained” over the same areas. Roads were underwater and about 100 homes were damaged.
The most damaging hailstorm to ever strike Cheyenne County, WY occurred. Hail up to baseball size and winds up to 80 mph devastated much of the western part of the county. Damage to property and crops exceeded $26 million dollars.
2002
Phenomenal flash flooding struck Fort Wayne, IN as thunderstorms developed and re-developed directly over the city for several hours during the evening. Times Corner reported 8 inches of rain in three hours. Spy Run Creek rose 9 feet in 8 hours to an all-time record level of 12.3 feet. Three inches of rain fell in 90 minutes.
2007
The hottest day during a heat wave across Greece sent the thermometer to 115° in two towns. In Athens the afternoon temperature soared to 109°. Five people died in southern and central Greece from the heat.
In Catania in eastern Siciliy, the afternoon temperatures hit 108°.
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