Today in Weather History 17 November 1869 Southwest winds of hurricane force swept the Berkshire and Green Mountains of New England causing extensive forest and structural damage. 17 November 1910 A heavy rain storm dumped 18.3 inches of rain in 24 hours at Riposto, Sicily. 17 November 1918 ⚡A lightning bolt struck the spire of the Notre Dame church at mid-day. Eight hours later, the iron cross fell to the ground. 17 November 1927 ✈ A tornado cut a 17 mile path across Alexandria, VA and southeastern Washington D.C. injuring 31 people. The tornado struck the Naval Air Station where a wind gust of 93 mph was recorded. A waterspout was seen over the Potomac River 90 minutes later. 17 November 1959 ❄ The most severe November cold wave in U.S. history was in progress. Many locations from the Plains to the Appalachians reported record low temperatures: Williston, ND: -10°, Rapid City, SD: -9°, Duluth, MN: -9°, Aberdeen, SD: -8°, Sioux Falls, SD: -7°, St. Cloud, MN: -6°, Norfolk, NE: -5°, Sioux City, IA: -4°, Rochester, MN: -4°, Waterloo, IA: -3°, Grand Island, NE: -2°, Scottsbluff, NE: -2°, Des Moines, IA: -2°, Dubuque, IA: -2°, Madison, WI: -1°, Moline, IL: -1°, Marquette, MI: -1°, Green Bay, WI: 0°, La Crosse, WI: 0°, Rockford, IL: 0°, Milwaukee, WI: 1°, Houghton Lake, MI: 1°, Chicago, IL: 3°, Peoria, IL: 3°, Columbia, MO: 4°, Springfield, MO: 4°, Springfield, IL: 4°, Indianapolis, IN: 4°, South Bend, IN: 4°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 4°, Lincoln, NE: 5°, Topeka, KS: 5°, St. Louis, MO: 6°, Fort Wayne, IN: 6°, Kansas City, MO: 7°, Lansing, MI: 7°, Wichita, KS: 8°, Flint, MI: 9°, Grand Rapids, MI: 9°, Muskegon, MI: 9°, Dayton, OH: 9°, Lubbock, TX: 10°, Evansville, IN: 10°, Cincinnati, OH: 10°, Toledo, OH: 10°, Tulsa, OK: 11°, Amarillo, TX: 11°, Pittsburgh, PA: 11°, Lexington, KY: 12°, Paducah, KY: 12°, Detroit, MI: 13°, Columbus, OH: 13°, Louisville, KY: 13°, Buffalo, NY: 13°, Roswell, NM:: 14°, Cleveland, OH: 14°, Wichita Falls, TX: 15°, Fort Smith, AR: 15°, Rochester, NY: 15°-Tied, Charleston, WV: 16°, Huntington, WV: 16°-Tied, Abilene, TX: 17°, Midland-Odessa, TX: 18°, Nashville, TN: 18°, Dallas (DFW), TX: 20°, San Angelo, TX: 20°, Little Rick, AR: 20°, Bristol, TN: 20°, Dallas, TX: 21°, Oak Ridge, TN: 24°, Waco, TX: 25°, Shreveport, LA: 27°, Austin, TX: 28°, San Antonio, TX: 30°, Del Rio, TX: 31°, Lake Charles, LA: 32°, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX: 32°-Tied, Corpus Christi, TX: 33° and Houston, TX: 33°-Tied. 17 November 1972 ⛄ A snow storm moved across Oklahoma, dumping up to 10 inches of snow over north-central Oklahoma. Other areas received between 1 and 8 inches. Roads across the state became very slick and hazardous, causing many traffic accidents. At Will Rogers World Airport, a commercial jet aircraft slid off the runway. 17 November 1987 ⛄ A storm in the Rockies produced 21 inches of snow at the Monarch ski resort in Colorado, with 14 inches reported at Steamboat Springs CO. ⚡Early morning thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. drenched Mary Esther FL with 4.43 inches of rain. Gale force winds over the Great Lakes Region gusted to 49 mph at Johnstown PA. ❄In the Pacific Northwest, Quillayute, WA set a record low with 26°. 17 November 1999 Hurricane Lenny became the 1st hurricane ever to strike the isplands of the Lesser Antilles from the west. The menacing Category 4 storm was dubbed backwards or left-handed Lenny because of its unusual motion. Packing winds of 140 mph and a 15 foot storm surge, it moved just south of the island of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands and later near St. Maarten with winds of 145 mph. Only 2 other tropical storms have moved west to east across the open waters of the Caribbean. The central pressure in the hurricane dropped to 933 millibars or 27.55 inHg, making it as strong as Hurricane David while in the Caribbean in 1979. 17 November 2001 Dense fog in the San Joaquin Valley of California reduced visibilities to less than 150 feet. Highway Patrol cars had to pace groups of vehicles on interstates in order to prevent accidents from occurring. Repeat occurrences were reported on the following 2 days also.
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