Path: utzoo!utgpu!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 15:49:01 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: <90Feb23.095802est.58823@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ABUS1 KWBC 222100 NWX1 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 3 PM CST THU FEB 22 1990 WEATHER IS NOT ALL GOOD...BUT IT HAS BEEN WORSE. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT /THIS MORNING/ 2 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN AT PASS CHRISTIAN MS. AT LEAST 30 HOMES WERE DAMAGED...BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM AT HATTIESBURG MS FLOODED TWO DOZEN HOMES...ABOUT 40 STREETS AERE CLOSED...AND A BRIDAE WAS WASHED OUT. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT OPP AL. TEN PERSONS WERE INJURED IN THE STORM...BUT NONE OF THE INJURIES WERE SERIOUS. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN DURING THE MORNING AT COLUMBUS GA. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR MAJOR DAMAGE. THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 74 MPH AT AUBURN AL AND 76 MPH AT DOTHAN AL. THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED ONE INJURY NEAR EUFAULA AL...1 AT AUBURN AL ...AND 4 WERE INJURED FROM STORMS SOUTH OF TROY AL. THERE WERE ALMOST TWO DOZEN REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FLOOD WATCHES FOR THIS AFTERNOON WERE POSTED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHERN GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. FLOODRWATCHES FOR THIS AFTERNRON AND TONIGHT HAVE BEEN POSTED OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO...WESTERN NEW YORK STATE...AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. A FLOOD WATCH WAS POSTED FOR TONIGHT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT FORT WAYNE IN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 10 AM. THIS BROUGHT SEVERAL STREAMS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA OUT OF THEIR BANKS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WAS POSTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN ILLINOIS. AT NOON RAINSHOWERS AND OCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA...WESTERN GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA...WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTH CAROLINA. RAIN REACCED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK STATE ...OHIO...SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...INDIANA...ILLINOIS... FROM NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SNOW WAS FALLING OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA. FOG WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. HEAVIER RAINFALL DURING THE 6 HOURS ENDING AT NOON INCLUDED ALMOST TWO INCHES AT MONTGOMERY AL(1.90)...AN INCH AND TWO THIRDS AT FORT WAYNE IN(1.66)...ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF AT TOLEDO OH(1.46) AND APALACHICOLA FL(1.40)...AN INCH AND A QUARTER AT DETROIT MI(1.31) AND TALLAHASSEE FL(1.25)...MORE THAN AN INCH AT MT. CLEMENS MI(1.12)...WITH ALMOST AN INCH AT PERU IN(.96)... VALPARAISO FL(.96)...OZARK AL(.95) AND ERIE PA(.94). THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF MEASURABLE SNOWFALL DURING THE SAME 6 HOURS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINED OVER THE PRIBLOF ISLANDS OF ALASKA. WINDS WILL DRIVE THE WIND CHILL DOWN TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TODAY...AND 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE NATION THIS MORNING WAS 1 DEGREE ABOVE ZERO AT GUNNISON CO. HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 22 BROKEN OR TIED INCLUDED CITY TODAY RECORD WAS AUGUSTA GA. 79 TIED 79 IN 1962 /BUSH FIELD/ BOSTON MA. 63 59 IN 1976 /LOGAN AIRPORT/ CONCORD NH. 57 55 IN 1954 PORTLAND ME. 53 53 IN 1961/1976/1981 WARMICK RI. 61 60 IN 1943 TEMPERATURES AROUND THE NATION AT 2 PM CST RANGED FROM 26 DEGREES AT MCCALL ID TO 86 DEGREES AT SARASOTA FL. HARRY GORDON NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER