Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Fri, 9 Feb 90 15:59:18 EST Reply-To: STORM-L@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Sender: STORM-L Storms and weather related info From: Chris Novy - WA9V Subject: National Weather Summary (Have a safe weekend everybody !) To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb9.162201est.58656@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ZCZC MKCNWX1 ABUS1 KWBC 092100 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 3 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 Thunderstorms and gusty winds. A tornado watch has been posted until 9 PM CST over portions of western Tennessee...southern and eastern Arkansas...northern Mississippi...and northern Louisiana. A severe thunderstorm watch was posted until 6 PM CST over portions of eastern Texas. Afternoon thunderstorms produced three quarter inch diameter hail at Waxahachee TX and Granview TX...as well as one inch diameter hail at Ferris TX and Peoria TX. High wind warnings were posted for this afternoon and tonight over the eastern slopes of the northwest mountains of Wyoming... as well as across the upper Yellowstone Valley of Montana. Winds gusted to 45 MPH north of Cheyenne WY...58 MPH at Livingston MT and 62 MPH at Cody WY. Warnings of gale force winds have been posted for today along the northern coast of Oregon...also for this afternoon and tonight over the coastal waters of Washington state. Two high temperature records for February 9 were tied during the pre dawn hours...and temperatures have been falling since then. Lansing MI reached 53 degrees. There was no mention of the year in which the record was set. South bend in reached 56 degrees ...and their record was set in 1956. Other high temperature records for February 9 broken or tied included City Today Record was Baltimore MD. 65 62 in 1960 /airport/ Beckley WV. 64 51 in 1965 Boston MA. 60 59 in 1925 /airport/ Bridgeport CT. 54 53 in 1960 Cape Hatteras NC. 72 71 in 1931 Charleston WV. 69 68 in 1957 Hartford CT. 58 53 in 1949 Mansfield OH. 54 53 in 1966 New York NY. 63 60 in 1949 /central park/ Philadelphia PA. 64 63 in 1949 /airport/ Portland ME. 55 52 in 1949 /jetport/ Raleigh/Durham NC.72 tied 72 in 1965 Richmond VA. 72 71 in 1941 /airport/ Roanoke VA. 68 66 in 1984 Wilmington DE. 64 tied 64 in 1949 Youngstown OH. 54 53 in 1957 Noon rainshowers and thunderstorms extended from west central Texas across northern Texas...the southeast two thirds of Oklahoma...northern Arkansas and southwest Missouri. Rainshowers reached over northeast Louisiana...also from eastern Mississippi across northern Alabama...northern Georgia...northwestern South Carolina...Tennessee...Kentucky...West Virginia...northern Virginia...Ohio...western Pennsylvania...western New York state ...eastern New York state and Vermont. Rain reached over the northern Pacific Coast...changing to snow in the higher elevations and extending into the northern half of the Rockies. Heavier rainfall during the 6 hours ending at noon included an inch and a quarter at Quillayute WA(1.22)...also about three quarters of an inch at Louisville KY(.71)...Tuscaloosa AL(.70) ...Meridian MS(.65) and Astoria OR(.60). There were no reports of measurable snowfall during the same 6 hours. The overnight low temperature for Alaska was 58 degrees below zero at Fort Yukon...and afternoon high temperatures across inland Alaska will reach 15 degrees below zero to 25 degrees below zero. Today is the fifteenth day of the cold snap...and Monday is the earliest chance for relief from the unusually cold temperatures. Low temperature for the contiguous nation this morning was 12 below zero at Gunnison CO. Temperatures around the nation at 2 PM CST ranged from 13 degrees at Warroad MN to 84 degrees at Fort Myers FL. Harry Gordon National Severe Storms Forecast Center --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Novy - WA9V BITNET: axvsccn@uicvmc Southern Illinois Univ. Internet: axvsccn@uicvmc.aiss.uiuc.edu Morris Library - Systems Packet: wa9v@wd9ebq FAX: (618) 453-8109 Carbondale, IL 62901-6632 Phone: (618) 453-1683 or (618) 457-6149 ICBM: 37.43N 89.12W ---------------------------------------------------------------------------