Path: utzoo!utgpu!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 02:01:28 EST Reply-To: STORM-L@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Sender: STORM-L Storms and weather related info From: Charley Kline To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb22.065121est.58704@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ABUS1 KWBC 220200 NWX1 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 8 PM CST WED FEB 21 1990 NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT IN ALASKA WEATHER. TEMPERATURES ABOUT 28 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL BRING WIND CHILLS OF 75 BELOW ZERO AND COLDER TO BETHEL AK AND NEARBY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THURSDAY WILL BE ABOUT 18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WITH A WIND CHILL OF NEAR 70 BELOW ZERO. THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE COLDER...AND POSSIBLY SET A RECORD FOR THE DATE. FLOODING IS NO LONGER A THREAT IN EASTERN TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST FROM TEXAS...INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AFTER LEAVING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL INCLUDED FOUR INCHES AT ROSENBERG TX(4.01)...ALMOST THREE INCHES AT FULSHER TX(2.80) ..WITH TWO AND A HALF INCHES AT SATSUMA TX(2.50). AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED...FLOOD WATCHES FOR TONIGHT HAVE BEEN POSTED OVER LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. FLOOD WATCHES FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WERE POSTED OVER ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. A FLOOD WATCH WAS POSTED FOR THURSDAY OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA. RAIN WAS SCATTERED ALONG THE WASHINGTON COAST DURING THE EVENING ..ALSO OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. RAIN AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM THE UPPER TEXAS GULF COAST ACROSS LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...ARKANSAS... WESTERN TENNESSEE...WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN MISSOURI... OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHERN THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HEAVIER RAINFALL DURING THE 6 HOURS ENDING AT 6 PM CST INCLUDED MORE THAN TWO INCHES AT BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR TX(2.18)...AN INCH AND A HALF AT SHREVEPORT LA(1.28)...AS WELL AS ALMOST AN INCH AT MCALESTER OK(.97)...TEXARKANA AR(.96) AND NEW ORLEANS LA(.95). THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF MEASURABLE SNOWFALL DURING THE SAME 6 HOURS. A HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THIS DATE WAS BROKEN WHEN SAULT STE MARIE MI REACHED 42 DEGREES. THE RECORD WAS 41 DEGREES...SET IN 1953 AND TIED IN 1981. MARQUETTE MI REACHED 46 DEGREES AND BROKE THEIR HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 21...WHICH WAS 45 DEGREES IN 1975. HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE NATION TODAY WAS 88 DEGREES AT BOTH FORT MYERS FL AND NAPLES FL. HARRY GORDON NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER