Weather on This Date

Weather on This Date - July 12

7/12/2018

Photo by Mike Olbinski Twitter@MikeOlbinski - Couldn’t help editing this shot of one of the most gorgeous storms I’ve ever seen in Arizona. Never seen a green core like that in this state before. And at sunset. Out of control colors.

July 12, 1951
The Kaw River flood occurred. The month of June that year was the wettest of record for the state of Kansas, and during the four days preceding the flood much of eastern Kansas and western Missouri received more than ten inches of rain. Flooding in the Midwest claimed 41 lives, left 200 thousand persons homeless, and caused a billion dollars property damage. Kansas City was hardest hit. The central industrial district sustained 870 million dollars property damage. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)

July 12, 1980
Lightning struck a large broiler house in Branford, FL, and the ensuing fire broiled 11,000 nearly ready broilers. Firemen were able to save a few thousand chickens, however. (The Weather Channel)

July 12, 1987
Cool air invaded the High Plains Region. Eight cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Sheridan, WY, with a reading of 37 degrees. Thunderstorms developing along the cold front in the central U.S. produced 6.5 inches of rain at Fort Dodge, IA, and 2.5 inches in one hour at St. Joseph MO. (The National Weather Summary)

July 12, 1988
Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Dakotas, including baseball size hail at Aberdeen, SD, and softball size hail near Fullerton, ND. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in Arkansas and northeastern Texas, with 6.59 inches reported at Mesquite, TX, in just an hour and fifteen minutes. Garland, TX, reported water up to the tops of cars following a torrential downpour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

July 12, 1989
Early morning thunderstorms over eastern Kansas deluged McFarland with more than six inches of rain. Afternoon thunderstorms in Wyoming produced up to eighteen inches of dime size hail near Rock Springs, along with torrential rains, and a three foot high wall of mud and water swept into the town causing more than 1.5 million dollars damage. Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma and Arkansas, deluging Dardanelle, AR, with 3.50 inches of rain in less than twenty minutes. About seventy cows were killed when lightning struck a tree in Jones County, TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

July 12, 1989
Severe thunderstorms hit Georgia and damage from thunderstorm winds were reported in Floyd, Spalding, Laurens, Wilkinson and Houston counties. In Spalding County, the winds toppled a grain elevator, took roofs off of chicken houses and garages, and destroyed several small utility buildings. In addition to severe thunderstorms, a lightning strike in Jones County killed 67 cows that were huddled underneath a tree attempting to avoid small hail. (NWS Atlanta)

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