THIS WEEK IN WEATHER HISTORY (SEPT.21ST - SEPT.27TH) Sept.22,1960- F1 tornado hit 7 miles south of Choudrant in Jackson Parish, LA. It damaged one home, several outbuildings, and blew over several trees. No injuries reported. Sept.22,1960-F2 tornado demolished the Planing Mill of a Lumber Company, scattering lumber and debris over a wide area in Diboll,TX. A few windows and television antennas were smashed and trees were uprooted. No injuries reported. Sept. 22,1965-F3 tornado touched down in the Judson-Seven Pines area north of Longview. Two 100 foot steel derricks on Sun Oil company property were twisted into a mass of junk. A field office was scattered for miles. Trees, outbuildings, and a 60-foot tv antenna were heavily damaged. Another home on Hamby Road was heavily damaged when huge tree limbs fell on the roof. No injuries reported. Sept.22,1965- Lufkin,TX set an all-time daily record rainfall for any day in the month of September with 6.19 inches of rainfall. Sept.26,1996-A brief lived F0 tornado touched down in the small community of Newsome causing heavy damage to one mobile home and destroying a barn. A woman sustained minor cuts and bruises in the mobile home. She was treated at the scene and hospitalization was not required. Sept.26-27,1996-Numerous reports of Flash Flooding occurred across East Texas & North Louisiana. Three to five inches of rainfall fell between 7pm on the 26th and 4am on the 27th across the region. -Two to three feet of water was reported across portions of Hwy 80 and minor flooding occurred across I-20 in Harrison County Texas near Hallsville. -Two feet of water across Hwy 171 extended out of southern Caddo Parish into Northern DeSoto Parish. -I-20 was closed in the city of Minden, La due to flooding. Numerous street flooding was also reported throughout the city. -Hwy 2 in Claiborne and Union Parish between Homer and Bernice was washed out due to 2 feet of fast moving water. September 23-24, 2005-HURRICANE RITA Hurricane Rita came on shore across the Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana coast and moved north northeast across East Central Texas and Northwest and North Central Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours of September 24, 2005. The storm weakened as it moved northward, however, all of Northwest and North Central Louisiana remained on the east side of the eyewall and experienced strong tropical storm force winds. Damage was sporatic across the region with damage consisting of downed trees and powerlines as well as structural damage to homes, businesses and automobiles from downed trees. The damage was particularly extensive along and near the Toledo Bend Reservoir of West Central Louisiana where several structures suffered minor to moderate damage. Many residents of Northwest and North Central Louisiana lost power during the height of the storm. Two fatalities occurred in Angelina County, TX. A tree fell on a person and the other fatality occurred when a teenager was electrocuted when picking up a hot power line. Sept.24,2005-Hurricane Rita dumped several inches of rainfall across the city of Shreveport, LA in a short amount of time. Widespread flooding occurred across portions of the city.The official rainfall total for the day at Shreveport Regional Airport was 5.52 inches, which was the all-time daily record for any day in the month of September. srh.noaa.gov/shv/?n=hurricane_rita
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