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Weather on This Date - August 19

8/19/2018

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August 19, 1788 
A small but powerful hurricane inflicted great havoc upon forests along a narrow track from New Jersey to Maine. A similar storm track today would cause extreme disaster in the now populated area. (David Ludlum) 

August 19, 1967
 A short lived but powerful tornado touched down northeast of Lovejoy (Clayton County) and traveled for little more than a mile. The tornado moved through a trailer park destroying two mobile homes and damaging 9 others. No one was at home in any of the trailers that suffered damage. (NWS Atlanta)


August 19, 1969 
'Never say die' Camille let loose a cloudburst in Virginia resulting in flash floods and landslides which killed 151 persons and cause 140 million dollars damage. Massies Hill VA received 27 inches of rain. (David Ludlum) 

August 19, 1986 
The temperature at San Antonio, TX, soared to an all-time record high of 108 degrees. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) 

August 19, 1987 
Thunderstorms moving out of southeastern Nebraska spread severe weather into eastern Kansas and western Missouri during the day. Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced hail three inches in diameter at Albion, and high winds which downed a large tent at Waterloo injuring a dozen persons. Thunderstorms in Kansas produced baseball size hail northwest of Topeka, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Fulton. Ten persons were injured in a thunderstorm at Princeton KS, and damage to crops in southern Franklin County KS was estimated at 3.5 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 

August 19, 1988 
Raleigh, NC, reported a record hot temperature reading of 103 degrees. Afternoon thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 75 mph in southern Pittsburgh County. Thunderstorms in Indiana produced 4.50 inches of rain at Morgantown. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 

August 19, 1989 
Early morning thunderstorms deluged southeastern Delaware with six to ten inches of rain in four to six hours, with local reports of 13 to 20 inches of rain. Twenty-six major roads were closed or damaged, and fourteen bridges were washed out. Flooding caused nearly four million dollars damage to local businesses. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 

August 19, 1991
Hurricane Bob made landfall in southern New England near Block Island/Newport Rhode Island on the afternoon of August 19th. Peak wind gust with Bob were recorded near 125 mph, with a destructive storm surge rising 10-15 feet. (NWS Tampa)


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