(ESSEX – CHATHAM) – Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for Essex County and Chatham-Kent and Rondeau Park. There is a risk of severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes developing this afternoon. This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes. Monitor weather conditions and listen for updated bulletins. [...]
(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) – A tendril of ash from the Southern Ocean has moved rapidly to south-east Australia, driven by an intense low and strong southerly winds. The ash is forecast to clear throughout today and into tomorrow (Wednesday) – with the bulk forecast to clear tomorrow evening. Director of the Bureau of Meteorology’s Volcanic Ash [...]
(SAGINAW, MI) – On July 27, 1928, 3.07 inches of rainfall fell in Saginaw. This is the precipitation record for the month of July in Saginaw and is also greater than the average amount of precipitation Saginaw receives for the entire month of July (2.50 inches)! Also in 2004, temperatures hovered in the mid 50s [...]
In 1947 one of the most powerful strokes of lightning ever measured yielded 345,000 amperes of electricity in Pittsburgh, PA.
In 1988 thunderstorms produced severe weather in Lower Michigan and northern Ohio, over eastern sections of the Dakotas, and over the Central High Plains Region. Showers and thunderstorms soaked Wilmington, NC, with another two inches of rain, following six and a half inches the previous day.
In 1918 a single bolt of lightning struck 504 sheep dead in their tracks at the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. Sheep often herd together in storms, and as a result the shock from the lightning bolt was passed from one animal to another.
(DETROIT, MI) – On July 21, 1998, during the late afternoon and early evening, a broken line of severe thunderstorms moved through metro Detroit as well as Lenawee and Monroe Counties. This squall line produced a wind gust to 75 mph at the Ann Arbor Airport, widespread wind damage across the metro area especially in [...]
In 1960 Cow Creek and Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA, reported morning lows of 102 degrees. The afternoon high at Greenland Ranch was 124 degrees, and the high at Cow Creek that afternoon was 126 degrees. The coolest low for the entire month for both locations was 82 degrees.
In 1986 one of the most “photo-genic” tornadoes touched down in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, MN, during the late afternoon. The very slow moving tornado actually appeared live on the evening news by way of an aerial video taken by the KARE-TV helicopter crew. The tornado, unlike most, was quite the prima donna, staying [...]
In 1934 one of the worst heat waves in the history of the nation commenced. During the last two weeks of the month extreme heat claimed 679 lives in Michigan, including 300 in Detroit alone.
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