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Weather on This Date - August 23

8/23/2018

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PictureHundreds of ducks and other water fowl swimming in Sarasota Bay
August 23, 1906 
Thunderstorms deluged Kansas City, MO, with six inches of rain during the early morning, including nearly three inches in thirty minutes. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac) 

August 23, 1921 
Denver, CO, was drenched with 2.20 inches of rain in one hour, a record for that location. (The Weather Channel)

August 23, 1933 
The Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane moved over Norfolk VA and Washington D.C. A tide seven feet above normal flooded businesses in Norfolk, and damage in Maryland was estimated at seventeen million dollars. (David Ludlum) 

August 23, 1968
A 14 year old boy was killed and his father was injured by lightning while fishing near Bartletts Ferry Dam near Columbus (Muscogee County). Winds heavily damaged 2 homes and caused minor damage to several others in the Green Island Hills area of Columbus. (NWS Atlanta)


August 23, 1970 
Dry thunderstorms ignited more than one hundred fires in the Wenatchee and Okanogan National Forests of Washington State. Hot, dry, and windy weather spread the fires, a few of which burned out of control through the end of the month. More than 100,000 acres burned. (The Weather Channel) 

August 23, 1983

Thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off the band room and gymnasium at Rossville High School (Walker County). Eight cars were damaged at the school. In the town of Rossville, many trees were uprooted, some falling on homes, causing damage.
 (NWS Atlanta)

August 23, 1987 
A cold front brought autumn-like weather to the Northern and Central Plains Region. Afternoon highs were in the 50s and 60s across parts of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska that just two days earlier were in the 90's or above 100 degrees. Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. (The National Weather Summary) 

August 23, 1988 
Thunderstorms produced hail an inch in diameter, wind gusts to 64 mph, and 2.62 inches of rain at Tucson AZ resulting in three million dollars damage. Cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. Hartford CT reported a record low of 42 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 

August 23, 1989 
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with flash flooding in West Virginia. Pickens, WV, reported 4.80 inches of rain in 24 hours. Evening thunderstorms in Mississippi deluged Alta Woods with 4.25 inches of rain in less than an hour. Thunderstorms also produced heavy rain in southeastern Kentucky, and flooding was reported along Big Creek and along Stinking Creek. The Stinking Creek volunteer fire department reported water levels 12 to 14 feet above bankfull. Fort Worth TX hit the 100 degree mark for the first time all year. Strong winds ushering cool air into northwest Utah gusted to 70 mph, raising clouds of dust in the salt flats. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 

Data courtesy of WeatherForYou


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