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Weather on This Date - August 12

8/11/2018

Mike Olbinski @MikeOlbinski

August 12, 1778
A Rhode Island hurricane prevented an impending British-French sea battle, and caused extensive damage over southeast New England. (David Ludlum)

August 12, 1933
The temperature at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA, hit 127 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of August. (The Weather Channel)

August 12, 1936
The temperature at Seymour, TX, hit 120 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

August 12, 1955
During the second week of August hurricanes Connie and Diane produced as much as 19 inches of rain in the northeastern U.S. forcing rivers from Virginia to Massachusetts into a high flood. Westfield MA was deluged with 18.15 inches of rain in 24 hours, and at Woonsocket RI the Blackstone River swelled from seventy feet in width to a mile and a half. Connecticut and the Delaware Valley were hardest hit. Total damage in New England was 800 million dollars, and flooding claimed 187 lives. (David Ludlum)

August 12, 1969
An F-1 tornado touched down near Lithonia in DeKalb County and traveled for less than a mile. In its short path it caused $50,000 in damage. (NWS Atlanta)

August 12, 1987
Early afternoon thunderstorms in Arizona produced 3.90 inches of rain in ninety minutes at Walnut National Monument (located east of Flagstaff), along with three inches of pea size hail, which had to be plowed off the roads. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

August 12, 1988
Fifteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Youngstown OH reported twenty-six days of 90 degree weather for the year, a total equal to that for the entire decade of the 1970s. (The National Weather Summary)

August 12, 1989
Thunderstorms were scattered across nearly every state in the Union by late in the day. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Fergus Falls MN, and golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph at Black Creek WI. In the Chicago area, seven persons at a forest preserve in North Riverside were injured by lightning. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

August 12, 1996
Torrential rains from thunderstorms dumped between 6 and 8 inches of rain in a 24 hours period over Douglas County. Several residents in the Pine Lake Mobile Home Park near Douglasville were forced to evacuate when water from the creek rose to knee deep. At least 20 roads and a few bridges were washed out. Some roads had gaps 25 feet wide and 15 feet deep in places. Estimated damages of up to $1 million did not include damage to homes and automobiles. (NWS Atlanta)

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