![]() August 21, 1883 A tornado hit Rochester, MN, killing 31 persons and wrecking 1351 dwellings. (David Ludlum) August 21, 1888 A tornado swarm occurred in Maryland and Delaware. Many waterspouts were seen over Chesapeake Bay. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) August 21, 1918 A tornado struck Tyler, MN, killing 36 persons and destroying most of the business section of the town resulting in a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum) August 21, 1983 The temperature at Fayetteville, NC, soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel) August 21, 1987 Early morning thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Iowa and west central Illinois. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 82 mph at Moline IL, and tennis ball size hail at Independence IA. Rock Island IL was drenched with 3.70 inches of rain. Total damage for the seven county area of west central Illinois was estimated at twelve million dollars. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) August 21, 1988 Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Iowa, produced wind gusts to 63 mph in the Council Bluffs area, and drenched Sioux Center IA with up to 6.61 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) August 21, 1989 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from Kansas to Minnesota and North Dakota. Thunderstorms in Minnesota produced baseball size hail from Correll to north of Appleton. Thunderstorms in north central Kansas produced wind gusts higher than 100 mph at Wilson Dam. Thunderstorms around Lincoln NE produced baseball size hail and up to five inches of rain, and Boone NE was deluged with five inches of rain in an hour and a half. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) August 21, 2010 The remnants of Tropical Depression Five continued to bring heavy rain to parts of north Georgia. Flash flooding occurred near Cleveland (White County) which resulted in significant erosion, six to eight feet deep in spots. This caused pavement to collapse which resulted in a sink hole causing damage to a car wash and a Sonic Drive-In. (NWS Atlanta) Data courtesy of WeatherForYou TODAY'S WEATHER SUMMARY 5 AM TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS The dew point image was not available for today, and these images are from Weatherbell. TODAY'S FORECAST TEMPERATURESTEMPERATURE ANOMALIES WINDPRECIPITATION
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