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January 1, 1987
A winter storm brought rain and snow and high winds to the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast Region. The storm, which occurred in a period of unusually high astronomical tides, produced a tide of 9.4 feet at Myrtle Beach, SC (their highest since Hurricane Hazel in 1954) which caused a total of 25 million dollars damage in South Carolina.

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January 2, 2001
Freezing temperatures were observed across a portion of West Central Florida during the predawn and mid-morning hours.

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January 3, 1988
After a day of rest, 'Old Man Winter' came back with a vengeance. Snow and ice in the eastern U.S. caused 4.5 million dollars damage to homes and vehicles in North Carolina.

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January 4, 2000
Thunderstorm winds gusting to 50 mph blew down numerous trees in and around the city of Sylacauga, AL.

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January 5, 2001
A freeze occurred throughout the interior sections of south Florida, causing damage to certain crops. Hardest hit were certain vegetable crops with 75% losses in Hendry and east Collier counties and 30% losses in the farming areas of south Miami-Dade county.

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January 6, 1884
The temperature dipped to one degree below zero at Atlanta, GA. It marked the final day of a severe arctic outbreak in the South and Midwest.

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January 7, 1988
A winter storm in the southeastern U.S. produced 27 inches of snow in the Bad Creek area of South Carolina, and claimed the lives of two million chickens in Alabama.

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January 8, 1973
A severe ice storm struck Atlanta, GA. The storm paralyzed the city closing schools and businesses, and damage from the storm was estimated at 25 million dollars. One to four inches of ice coated northern Georgia leaving 300,000 persons without electricity for up to a week.

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January 9, 2001
An area of light snow traversed the northwest corner of the state of Georgia. Most locations only saw a light dusting of snow, but Gilmer county reported 1 inch of snow.

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January 10, 1800
Savannah, GA received a foot and a half of snow, and 10 inches blanketed Charleston, SC. It was the heaviest snowfall of record for the immediate Coastal Plain of the southeastern U.S.

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January 11, 2000
A strong cold front moved across Virginia during the morning hours. As the front moved through, winds in excess of 55 mph were reported in a few locations.

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January 12, 1989
A dozen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s and 80s. Fort Myers, FL reported a record high of 86 degrees.

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January 13, 2001
Fog, coupled with rime icing, caused slick roads and several accidents in Henderson County, NC.

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January 14, 2000
Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts near 45 mph buffeted south Florida following the passage of a cold front. A 50-year old man was killed when the winds toppled a concrete wall around 3 pm at a liquor store construction site in Boynton Beach.

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January 15, 1988
A small storm over the Atlantic Ocean produced heavy snow along the coast of North Carolina. The five inch total at Wilmington, NC was their third highest for any storm in January in 117 years of records.

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January 16, 2000
A line of thunderstorms produced pea size hail over the municipalities of Gurabo and Cayey in central Puerto Rico.

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January 17, 2000
Snow developed across Smyth, Grayson and Carroll Counties in Virginia during the evening of the 17th and accumulated from 6 to 10 inches before ending around daybreak on the 18th.

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January 18, 1857
A great cold storm swept across the Atlantic Seaboard. Snowfall totals of 12 inches were common, whole gales caused shipwrecks and damage property on islands, and temperatures near zero prevailed from Virginia northward. Great drifts of snow blocked transportation. Richmond, VA was cut off from Washington, DC for a week.

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January 19, 1977
Snowflakes were observed at Homestead and Miami Beach in extreme southern Florida.

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January 20, 1990
While heavy thunderstorm rains drenched the Central Gulf Coast States, with 4.23 inches reported at Centreville, AL in 24 hours, unseasonably warm weather continued across Florida. Five cities in Florida reported record high temperatures for the date. Tampa, FL equaled its record high for January of 85 degrees.

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January 21, 1863
A severe coastal storm dropped heavy rain on the Fredericksburg area of Virginia. It disrupted a Union Army offensive in an ill-famed 'mud march'.

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January 22, 1989
Low pressure brought heavy rain and gale force winds to Florida. Daytona Beach was drenched with 5.48 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a January record for that location, and winds at Titusville, FL gusted to 63 mph.

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January 23, 2000
A cold dome of arctic high pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic States provided very cold and dry air to Upstate South Carolina. Snow became heavy around 6 pm, with total accumulations between 4 and 7 inches, across the northern halves of Greenville and Spartanburg counties, Cherokee county, and extreme northern Union county. Across the southern half of the Upstate sleet mixed with the snow toward the evening hours.

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January 24, 2000
Nickel size hail was reported on Dauphin Island, AL and dime size hail was reported near Fort Morgan, AL.

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January 25, 1987
The second major storm in three days hit the Eastern Seaboard producing up to 15 inches of snow in Virginia. Up to 30 inches of snow covered the ground in Virginia following the two storms.

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January 26, 2000
A major winter storm dumped between 8 inches and one foot of snow across portions of central Virginia. Significant blowing and drifting of snow occurred with winds gusting over 30 mph.

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January 27, 1772
The 'Washington and Jefferson Snowstorm' occurred. George Washington reported three feet of snow at Mount Vernon, and Thomas Jefferson recorded about three feet at Monticello.

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January 28, 1988
Barometric pressure readings of 30.55 inches at Miami FL, 30.66 inches at Tampa, FL, and 30.72 inches at Apalachicola, FL were all-time record high readings for those locations.

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January 29, 1990
Severe thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. spawned a tornado that destroyed three mobile homes near Blythe, GA injuring six people.

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January 30, 1936
Birmingham, AL established a single storm record and 24 hour record with 11 inches of snow.

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January 31, 1966
A blizzard struck the eastern U.S. When the storm came to an end, 20 inches of snow covered the ground at Washington, D.C.

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February 1, 1985
A winter storm produced up to 11 inches of sleet and ice in Lauderdale County, AL, one of the worst storms on record for the state. All streets in Florence, AL were closed for the first time on record.

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February 2, 1952
The only tropical storm of record to hit the U.S. in February moved out of the Gulf of Mexico and across southern Florida. It produced 60 mph winds, and two to four inches of rain from Feb. 2nd-3rd.

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February 3, 1917
Downtown Miami, FL reported an all-time record low of 27 degrees.

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February 4, 2000
A cold and moist northwest flow produced snow showers for about 24 hours from the 4th-5th across mainly the Tennessee border counties of North Carolina. Snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches occurred as far east as northern Buncombe county. Four inches of snow fell across the northern part of Mitchell county.

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February 5, 1996
The coldest temperatures since the 'Christmas freeze' of 1989 caused damage to fruit and vegetable crops in south Florida. Minimum temperatures were in the upper 20s in Glades, Hendry and Collier counties, and in the lower to mid 30s over the remainder of the south Florida peninsula. Strong winds caused wind chill values in the teens, and disrupted electrical service to over 20,000 customers.

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February 6, 2000
A new record low temperature for the date of 20 degrees was measured at Dannelly Field in Montgomery, AL.

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February 7, 1996
Light snow fell across western North Carolina accumulating to a couple of inches, especially at higher elevations.

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February 8, 1835
A severe cold wave gripped the southeastern U.S. The mercury dipped to 8 above at Jacksonville, FL, and to zero at Savannah, GA. Orange trees were killed to the roots.

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February 9, 1996
A frozen ground from the recent excessive cold in combination with temperatures above freezing and relative humidity near 100 percent resulted in the formation of black ice on many roads across northern North Carolina. Hazardous driving conditions during the morning rush hour resulted in numerous traffic accidents and indirectly resulted in one fatality.

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February 10, 1899
The temperature at Monterey, VA plunged to 29 degrees below zero, establishing record low for the state of Virginia that stood until Jan. 22, 1985.

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February 11, 1899
The 'Great Eastern Blizzard' left a blanket of snow from Georgia to New Hampshire. The state of Virginia took the brunt of the storm, with snowfall totals averaging 30 to 40 inches.

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February 12, 1899
The temperature at Washington D.C. dropped to 15 degrees below zero, while Charleston, SC received a record four inches of snow.

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February 13, 1889
It was the coldest morning on record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above zero at Pensacola, FL and plunged to -1 degree at Mobile, AL. The mercury dipped to -2 degrees at Tallahassee, the coldest reading on record for the state of Florida.

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February 14, 1899
A great 'Valentine's Day' blizzard struck the eastern U.S. Washington, D.C. received 20.5 inches of snow to bring their total snow depth to nearly three feet.

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February 15, 1989
Thirty-seven cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 80 degrees at Atlanta, GA was a February record, while the high of 84 degrees at Columbia, SC tied the record for February.

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February 16, 1987
A winter storm produced snow and ice in the Ohio Valley and the Appalachian Region. Snowfall totals in Virginia ranged up to 14 inches around Farmville, while Granville, NC reported eight inches of sleet and ice. Freezing rain in eastern North Carolina caused extensive damage to power lines. Gales lashed the coast of Virginia and North Carolina.

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February 17, 1987
A winter storm off the Atlantic coast brought freezing that rain produced a coat of ice three inches thick in northern South Carolina, and 30,000 homes around Pee Dee were left without electricity.

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February 18, 1989
Low pressure off the coast of North Carolina brought freezing rain and heavy snow to Virginia and the Carolinas. Snowfall totals in Virginia ranged up to 18 inches at Franklin. Freezing rain reached a thickness of two inches around Charlotte, NC.

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February 19, 1884
Severe thunderstorms spawned 60 tornadoes in the southeastern U.S., killing more than 420 people and causing three million dollars damage. Georgia and the Carolinas hardest were hit in the tornado outbreak.

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February 20, 1988
Five cities in Florida reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 90 degrees at Lakeland was just a degree shy of their February record.

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February 21, 1989
Thunderstorms developing during the morning hours spread severe weather across Georgia and the Carolinas. Strong thunderstorm winds caused one death and 13 injuries in North Carolina, and another four injuries in South Carolina.

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February 22, 1987
Thunderstorms in northern Florida produced wind gusts to 65 mph in Alachua County.

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February 23, 1987
A winter storm buried the Middle Atlantic Coast Region under heavy snow. The Washington, D.C. area was blanketed with up to 15 inches of snow.

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February 24, 1989
A total of 33 cities in the eastern U.S. reported new record low temperatures for the date, and an Atlantic coast storm spread heavy snow from Georgia to southern New England. Snowfall totals in North Carolina ranged up to 18 inches in Gates County, and winds along the coast of North Carolina gusted to 70 mph at Duck Pier.

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February 25, 1977
Dust reduced visibilities from eastern Virginia through the southeastern states to Florida between the 24th and the 28th. The dust originated in the western Great Plains on the 22nd and 23rd, with wind gusts above 100 mph reported at several locations in that region.

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February 26, 1990
Freezing temperatures in southeastern Virginia caused considerable damage to plants and fruit trees. The barometric pressure reading of 30.88 inches at Wilmington, NC was February record for that location.

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February 27, 1989
Rain and snow prevailed across the southeastern U.S. Snowfall totals in western North Carolina ranged up to 14 inches at Mount Mitchell.

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February 28, 1989
Thunderstorms in the southeast corner of the nation produced winds gusts to 58 mph at Fort Lauderdale, FL, and a total of seven inches of rain.

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February 29, 1952
'Leap Day' brought severe weather to parts of the Southeast. An F-3 tornado in De Kalb Co, AL injured 12 people, while F-2 tornadoes were reported in Franklin, Banks, and Jackson Counties in GA, resulting in 8 injuries and $300,000 in property damage.

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March 1, 1980
An unusually large Florida tornado, 500 yards in width at times, killed one person and caused six million dollars worth of damage near Fort Lauderdale.

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March 2, 1846
A great storm hit Virginia and the Carolinas. The storm caused half a million dollars in damage, and in North Carolina drowned 50 families and 1,000 cattle on Notts Island.

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March 3, 1980
A coastal storm produced 25 inches of snow at Elizabeth City, NC, and 30 inches at Cape Hatteras, NC. At Miami, FL the mercury dipped to 32 degrees.

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March 4, 1909
Though fair weather was forecast, President Howard Taft was inaugurated amidst a furious storm. About 10 inches of wet snow disrupted travel and communications in Washington, D.C. The storm drew much criticism against the U.S. Weather Bureau.

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March 5, 1962
A tremendous storm raged along the Atlantic coast. The great Atlantic storm caused more than 200 million dollars in property damage from Florida to New England. Winds along the Middle Atlantic Coast reached 70 mph raising 40 foot waves, and as much as 33 inches of snow blanketed the mountains of Virginia. The Virginia shoreline was rearranged by historic tidal flooding caused by the combination of the long stretch of strong onshore winds and the 'Spring Tides'.

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March 6, 1954
Florida received its greatest modern-day snowfall on record, with 4.0 inches at the Milton Experimental Station. Pensacola, FL equaled their 24-hour record with 2.1 inches of snow.

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March 7, 1989
Blustery northwest winds ushered arctic cold into the eastern U.S. Snow and ice over the Carolinas replaced the 80 degree weather of the previous day. High winds and heavy surf caused five million dollars in damage along the North Carolina coast.

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March 8, 1984
A freak 'thunder snowstorm' produced high winds, vivid lightning, and up to seven inches of snow in the northern suburbs of Washington, D.C.

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March 9, 1960
A winter storm produced a narrow band of heavy snow from north central Kentucky into Virginia and the mountains of North Carolina. Snowfall amounts ranged from 12 to 24 inches, with drifts up to eleven feet high in western Virginia.

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March 10, 1987
Strong northwesterly winds ushered arctic air into the eastern U.S. Gales lashed the middle and northern Atlantic coast. Winds gusted to 50 mph at Manteo, NC and Cape Hatteras, NC.

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March 11, 1990
Forty-four cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Augusta, GA and Columbia, SC tied for honors as the hot spot in the nation with record highs of 88 degrees.

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March 12, 1990
Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s. Among the 76 cities that reported record high temperatures for the date were Washington, D.C. with a high of 89 degrees and Raleigh, NC, which reported an afternoon high of 90 degrees.

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March 13, 2001
Gusty winds, estimated at 45 knots, late in the afternoon of the 13th blew over a greenhouse at a discount store in Easley, SC. The structure blew into an adjacent greenhouse with employees in it. No injuries were reported.

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March 14, 1960
Northern Georgia was 'between' snowstorms. Gainesville, GA received 17 inches of snow during the month, and reported at least a trace of snow on the ground 22 days in March. Snow was on roofs in Hartwell, GA from the 2nd to the 29th.

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March 15, 1989
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from Alabama to the Middle Atlantic Coast. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 at Virginia Beach, VA.

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March 16, 1990
Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail and damaging winds from northwest Florida to western South Carolina. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 75 mph at Floridatown, FL.

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March 17, 1990
Showers and thunderstorms associated with a slow-moving cold front produced torrential rains across parts of the southeastern U.S. over a two day period. Flooding claimed the lives of at least 22 people, including 13 in Alabama. Up to 16 inches of rain deluged southern Alabama, with 10.63 inches reported in 24 hours at Mobile. The town of Elba, AL was flooded with 6 to 12 feet of water causing more than 25 million dollars in damage, and total flood damage across Alabama exceeded 100 million dollars. Twenty-six counties in the state were declared disaster areas.

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March 18, 1990
Heavy rain caused extensive flooding of rivers and streams in Georgia, with total damage running well into the millions. Flooding also claimed six lives. Nearly seven inches of rain caused 2.5 million dollars in damage around Columbus, and up to nine inches of rain was reported over the northern Kinchafoonee Basin in Georgia.

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March 19, 1990
Rather wintry weather in the eastern U.S. replaced the 80 degree weather of the previous week. Freezing temperatures were reported in northern sections of the Gulf Coast States, and snow began to whiten the Northern and Central Appalachians. Up to eight inches of snow was reported in western Virginia.

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March 20, 1989
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from east Texas to Alabama and northwest Florida, with nearly 50 reports of large hail and damaging winds during the afternoon and evening hours.

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March 21, 1932
A tornado swarm occurred in the Deep South. Between late afternoon and early the next morning severe thunderstorms spawned 31 tornadoes in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee. The tornadoes killed 334 people and injured 1,784 others. Northern Alabama was hardest hit. Tornadoes in Alabama killed 286 people and caused five million dollars in damage.

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March 22, 1920
A spectacular display of the Northern Lights was visible as far south as Bradenton, FL.

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March 23, 1989
Charlotte, NC and Wilmington, NC reported rainfall records for the date as showers and thunderstorms prevailed in the southeastern U.S. Freezing rain glazed parts of North Carolina and southern Virginia. Gale force winds produced a heavy surf along the coast of North Carolina.

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March 24, 1989
Low pressure off the coast of Virginia brought heavy rain to the Middle Atlantic Coast States and heavy snow to the Northern Appalachians. Cape Hatteras, NC was soaked with 5.20 inches of rain in 24 hours.

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March 25, 1914
Society Hill, SC was buried under 18 inches of snow, establishing a state record.

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March 26, 1971
Parts of northern and central Georgia experienced their worst snow and ice storm since 1935. Two-day power outages ruined two million eggs at poultry hatches. Two people were killed when a tree landed on their car.

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March 27, 2000
Sight survey by NWS personnel verified that a weak tornado briefly touched down along a 1/4 to 1/3 mile long path in southeast Toombs county, GA. The storm destroyed a mobile home and 3 vehicles in an open area. Thirty to forty trees alongside the open area were uprooted or snapped off. The storm path varied 100 to 200 yards wide.

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March 28, 1984
A violent outbreak of tornadoes hit the Carolinas. Thunderstorms spawned 22 tornadoes during the late afternoon and evening hours, killing 57 people and injured 1,248 others. Nearly half the deaths occurred in mobile homes. A tornado that traveled from near Tatum, SC to southern Cumberland County, NC was 2.5 miles in width at times.

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March 29, 1886
Atlanta, GA was drenched with a record 7.36 inches of rain in 24 hours.

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March 30, 1989
Thunderstorms developing along and ahead of a slow moving cold front produced large hail and damaging winds at more than 50 locations across the southeast quarter of the nation, and spawned a tornado that injured 11 people at Northhampton, NC.

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March 31, 1962
A tornado struck the town of Milton, FL killing 17 persons and injuring 100 others. It was the worst tornado disaster in Florida history.

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April 1, 1923
Residents in the eastern U.S. awoke on April Fool's Day to bitterly cold temperatures. The mercury plunged to -34 degrees at Bergland, MI and to 16 degrees in Georgia.

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April 2, 1987
11 cities in Florida reported record low temperatures for the date, including Tallahassee with a reading of 31 degrees. The low of 48 degrees at Key West broke the previous record for the date by 13 degrees.

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April 3, 1974
A Super-Outbreak of tornadoes ravaged the Midwest and the eastern U.S. Severe weather erupted early in the afternoon and continued through the next day. Severe thunderstorms spawned 148 tornadoes from Alabama to Michigan, most of which occurred between 1 PM (CST) on the 3rd and 1 AM on the 4th. The tornadoes killed 315 people, injured 5,300 others, and caused 600 million dollars damage. Alabama, Kentucky and Ohio were especially hard hit in the tornado outbreak.

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April 4, 1804
A large tornado crossed six Georgia counties killing at least eleven people near Augusta.

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April 5, 1987
A storm produced unprecedented April snows in the central Appalachians. Mount Mitchell, NC received 35 inches of snow, and up to 60 inches (six feet) of snow was reported in the mountains along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.

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April 6, 1936
The paths of two tornadoes met about 8:30 AM and cut a swath four blocks wide through Gainesville, GA, killing 203 people, injuring 934, and causing thirteen million dollars in damage. Eight to ten feet of debris filled the streets following the storm. At least 70 people died in the Cooper Pants Factory, the greatest tornado toll of record for a single building. The tornadoes were part of a two-day outbreak that resulted in a total of 446 deaths and eighteen million dollars in damage across the Deep South.

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April 7, 1988
High winds in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 172 mph atop Grandfather Mountain NC.

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April 8, 2000
A northwest wind gusting to 30 miles an hour caused dangerous waves on Pickwick Lake in extreme western Colbert County, AL. One fishing boat sank with three occupants aboard. A 43 year old man drowned when he could not swim to shore. A Wind Advisory was in effect for northern Alabama.

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April 9, 1877
Oregon Inlet, NC was widened three quarters of a mile by a nor'easter.

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April 10, 1990
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central Gulf Coast Region to western sections of the Carolinas during the afternoon and evening. Evening thunderstorms over western South Carolina produced wind gusts to 98 mph which injured four persons at Holly Springs, and wind gusts to 100 mph which injured one person and caused half a million dollars damage north of Dacusville.

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April 11, 2000
Sparks from a railroad car ignited and burned over 140 acres of brush and scrub trees at a fertilizer plant in Mulberry, FL.

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April 12, 1988
Snow blanketed the Southern Appalachians. Totals in North Carolina ranged up to 17 inches at Mitchell. Winds at Flat Top Mountain gusted to 80 mph.

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April 13, 1877
The second coastal storm in just three days hit Virginia and the Carolinas. The first storm flattened the sand dunes at Hatteras, and widened the Oregon inlet three quarters of a mile. The second storm produced hurricane force winds along the coast of North Carolina causing more beach erosion and land transformation.

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April 14, 1989
Late afternoon thunderstorms in northern Florida soaked the town of Golden Gate with 4.37 inches of rain in about two hours, resulting in local flooding.

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April 15, 1958
A tornado 300 yards in width skipped along a five mile path near Frostproof, FL. A 2500 gallon water tank was found one mile from its original position (it is not known how much water was in the tank at the time).

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April 16, 1987
A slow moving storm system produced heavy rain over North Carolina and the Middle Atlantic Coast States. More than six inches of rain drenched parts of Virginia, and flooding in Virginia claimed three lives. Floodwaters along the James River inundated parts of Richmond, VA.

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April 17, 1990
Strong winds associated with a cold front crossing the Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 75 mph in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia.

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April 18, 1988
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S. A strong (F-2) tornado severely damaged seventeen mobile homes near Bainbridge, GA injuring three people.

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April 19, 1988
Severe thunderstorms over the southeastern U.S. early in the day spawned a strong (F-3) tornado which destroyed seventeen homes and severely damaged thirty houses near Madison, FL, killing four people and injuring 18 others.

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April 20, 1920
Tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama killed 219 people.

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April 21, 1987
Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Gulf of Mexico to New England and the Great Lakes Region, with 29 cities reporting record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 94 degrees at Mobile, AL, 95 set a record for the month of April.

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April 22, 1883
An outbreak of tornadoes from Louisiana to Kansas claimed the lives to 200 people. One of the tornadoes destroyed the town of Beauregard, MS.

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April 23, 1987
Thunderstorms in the Atlantic Coast Region produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 67 mph at Anderson, SC. The high winds destroyed two planes at the airport, and the large hail damaged 50 other planes, and severely damaged 23 greenhouses.

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April 24, 1908
Severe thunderstorms spawned 18 tornadoes over across the Central Gulf Coast States claiming the lives of 310 people. The state of Mississippi was hardest hit, with a tornado near Hattiesburg killing 143 people and causing more than half a million dollars in damage. Four violent tornadoes accounted for 279 of the 310 deaths. The deadliest of the four tornadoes was of 2.5 miles wide as it passed near Amite, LA. The tornado also leveled most of Purvis, MS.

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April 25, 1920
Atlanta, GA received 1.5 inches of snow and experienced its latest freeze of record with a morning low of 32 degrees. The high of just 39 degrees was only the second daily high for Atlanta in April colder than 40 degrees.

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April 26, 1834
Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville, AL and highlighted a unusually cold spring across the South that year.

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April 27, 1989
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas.

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April 28, 1921
A severe hailstorm in Anson County, NC produced hail the size of baseballs. Gardens, grain fields and trees were destroyed. Pine trees in the storm's path had to be cut for lumber as a result of the hail damage.

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April 29, 2000
Wildfires destroyed a fire truck, consumed a home, damaged an out building and burned over 300 acres of brush and scrub trees along U.S. Highway 41 and the Myakka River Bridge west of North Port, FL.

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April 30, 1953
A tornado 300 yards in width leveled homes on the north side of Warner-Robins, GA and barracks on the south side of the Warner-Robins Air Force Base.

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May 1, 1990
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from northern Alabama to North Carolina. There were 63 reports of large hail or damaging winds, with hail four inches in diameter reported near Cartersville, GA. Ten cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 90s. Jacksonville, FL reported a record high of 96 degrees.

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May 2, 1929
Virginia's worst tornado disaster occurred. Six tornadoes, two of which were west of the Blue Mountains, killed 22 people. Twelve children and a teacher were killed at Rye Cove, in Scott County. Four schools were destroyed by the storms.

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May 3, 1988
Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to the drought-stricken central U.S. Evening thunderstorms produced large hail in North Carolina. Baseball size hail was reported west of Mooresville, NC.

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May 4, 1987
Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S., with South Carolina hardest hit. Thunderstorm winds toppled trees 70 feet high in Spartanburg County, SC, and knocked homes off their foundations near Bishopville, SC.

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May 5, 1989
Thunderstorms swept across Georgia and the Carolinas during the late afternoon and evening hours spawning 17 tornadoes. A tornado at Toccoa, GA injured 15 persons, and a tornado at Chesnee, SC killed two persons and injured 35 others. Five tornadoes in North Carolina accounted for five deaths, 88 injuries, and 60 million dollars in damage. Thunderstorms also produced baseball size hail at Lake Murray, SC.

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May 6, 1933
Charleston, SC was deluged with 10.57 inches of rain, an all-time 24 hour record for that location.

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May 7, 2000
The control tower at the San Juan Airport in Puerto Rico reported a waterspout four miles east of the Airport.

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May 8, 1784
A deadly hailstorm in South Carolina hit the town of Winnsborough. The hailstones, measuring as much as nine inches in circumference, killed several people and a great number of sheep, lambs and birds.

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May 9, 1985
Lightning struck some trees about 150 yards away from a home in Alabama and followed the driveway to the home. The charge went through the house and burned all the electrical outlets, ruined appliances, and blasted a hole in the concrete floor of the basement.

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May 10, 1987
Mother's Day thunderstorms along the Central Gulf Coast deluged Lillian, AL with 14.5 inches of rain, and nearby Perdido Key, FL with 12.8 inches of rain.

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May 11, 2000
An upper level trough in combination with daytime heating produced very heavy rains across most of Puerto Rico. This rainfall caused flash flooding, landslides, many impassable roads and half a dozen families in shelters in Catano. Some rainfall amount reports were Yabucoa 7.48 inches, Guaynabo 4.61 and San Juan 1.81 inches.

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May 12, 1999
A brief F0 tornado touched down in Titusville, FL and damaged a few trees, business signs and shrubs.

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May 13, 1990
Thunderstorms forming ahead of a cold front in the eastern U.S. spawned five tornadoes from northeastern North Carolina to southern Pennsylvania.

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May 14, 2000
A strong tornado tore through northern Grady County, GA then crossed into extreme northwest Thomas County, GA, killing six people and injuring 15 others. Among the damage reported, 8 chicken houses were flattened, killing a half million chickens. Grady County was declared a federal disaster area.

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May 15, 2000
A wildfire consumed nearly 100 acres of scrub tree and brush in North Ft. Myers, FL. An outbuilding and travel trailer were also consumed by the wildfire.

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May 16, 1999
Dime-size or larger hail was reported by a Park Ranger at Pa-ha-okee Overlook in Everglades National Park, FL.

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May 17, 1988
Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds over the Carolinas during the afternoon and evening. A thunderstorm in northern Spartanburg County, SC produced hail for 45 minutes, leaving some places knee-deep in hail.

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May 18, 2000
A pilot reported a waterspout five miles northwest of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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May 19, 2000
Severe thunderstorms moved across Central Virginia during the afternoon, producing winds in excess of 55 MPH, large hail, and frequent lightning. In Orange County, silver dollar sized hail fell in Barboursville and dime sized hail fell on Hardwick Mountain. The strongest storm produced an F1 tornado that uprooted and snapped several trees along an 11 mile path from extreme northern Albemarle County to southern Greene County.

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May 20, 1990
Thunderstorms produced severe weather across the southeastern quarter of the nation through the day and night. Damaging thunderstorm winds killed one person at Toccoa, GA.

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May 21, 1990
Thunderstorms produced severe weather across the southeastern U.S. for the second day in a row. Severe thunderstorms spawned five tornadoes and resulted in 87 reports of large hail or damaging winds. Up to five inches of rain fell in Macon County, GA.

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May 22, 1990
Showers and thunderstorms over eastern North Carolina soaked Wilmington with 2.91 inches of rain, which set a new record for the date.

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May 23, 1988
Thunderstorms produced severe weather across much of the eastern U.S. Golf ball size hail was reported in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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May 24, 1988
Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 88 mph at Columbia, NC. Baseball size hail was reported near Tifton, GA.

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May 25, 2000
A 24-year-old Alabama man was apparently struck by lightning while refueling an airplane at the Birmingham International Airport. Witnesses reported seeing two lightning strikes at about that time. It was not completely clear whether the man was struck directly or whether water on the ground acted as a conduit for the lightning.

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May 26, 1771
A famous Virginia flood occurred as heavy rains in the mountains brought all rivers in the state to record high levels.

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May 27, 1988
While warm, sunny weather prevailed across much of the nation to kick off the Memorial Day weekend, afternoon thunderstorms in southern Florida caused the mercury at Miami to dip to a record low reading of 69 degrees.

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May 28, 1989
Unseasonably hot weather continued across Florida. Five cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The record high of 98 degrees at Lakeland, FL was their fifth in a row. Thunderstorms produced severe weather late in the day, with golf ball size hail reported at Kissimmee.

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May 29, 2000
A powerful storm system off the North Carolina and Virginia coast produced high winds and waves over the James River. One man was killed and three others were treated for hypothermia from the still-cold water when their 16 foot fishing boat capsized in the James River. Effects from the high winds did not extend very far inland.

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May 30, 1987
Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the eastern U.S. Eighteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including a high of 97 degrees at Washington D.C.

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May 31, 1988
Hot and humid weather prevailed in the eastern U.S. Thirteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Cape Hatteras, NC reported its first 90 degree day in May in 115 years of records.

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June 1, 1903
A strong tornado struck near the Gainesville, GA Cotton Mill. The tornado strengthened and widened near the end of its four mile path, killing 40 people at New Holland, GA. A total of 104 people were killed by the tornado.

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June 2, 1889
A great flood on the Potomac River in Washington D.C. took out a span of Long Bridge and flooded streets near the river. The flood stage reached was not equaled again until 1936.

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June 3, 2000
Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 3rd produced hail up to baseball size in Franklin County, VA.

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June 4, 1987
Afternoon thunderstorms in Virginia deluged northern Halifax County with 5.5 inches of rain in two hours. Thunderstorms also produced wind gusts to 88 mph at Swanquarter, NC.

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June 5, 1988
Twenty cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville, NC with a reading of 40 degrees.

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June 6, 1977
Severe thunderstorms with large hail and winds to 100 mph caused one million dollars in damage around Norfolk, VA. A 42 foot fishing boat capsized near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel drowning 13 of the 27 people on board.

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June 7, 1972
Richmond, VA experienced its worst flood of record as rains from Hurricane Agnes pushed the water level at the city locks to a height of 36.5 feet, easily topping the previous record of 30 feet set in 1771.

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June 8, 1989
Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Central Gulf Coast Region during the day and evening. Severe thunderstorms spawned 17 tornadoes, including one which injured 10 people and caused a million dollars damage at Orange Beach, AL. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 90 mph killed three people and injured four others at Mobile, AL. Thunderstorms also deluged Walnut Hill, FL and Avalon Beach, FL with eight inches of rain.

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June 9, 1988
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from North Carolina to the Central Gulf Coast Region. Hail in North Carolina caused more than five million dollars in property damage and more than 60 million dollars in damage to crops. Hail three and a half inches in diameter was reported at New Bern, NC.

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June 10, 2000
High pressure in combination with sunny skies across northern Virginia caused afternoon temperatures to reach into the upper 80s to mid 90s on the 10th and 11th. Dew points reached into the lower 70s, creating heat indices in the middle 90s to lower 100s. Twenty five people were treated in Loudoun County for heat related illnesses.

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June 11, 2000
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power poles in Gadsden County, FL. Downed trees littered Interstate 10 at the Greensboro exit causing a series of minor traffic accidents. Several road signs were blown over.

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June 12, 2000
A 31 year old Fruitland Park, FL man was struck and injured by lightning while he was in his home. The lightning apparently came through a glass window and struck the man. He was knocked unconscious and transported to a local hospital.

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June 13, 2000
Lightning struck and injured four people, three men and a woman, at the Andres of Citrus Hills golf course in Hernando, FL. The four struck by lightning had sought shelter beneath a covered golf bag rack 30 feet from the pro shop at the golf course. Two men who received the greatest injuries were knocked unconscious and had their hearts stopped by the lightning strike. All four victims were resuscitated with CPR. The female struck was thrown several feet by the force of the lightning bolt.

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June 14, 2000
A Sheriff's Deputy in McGregor County, GA reported that 6 to 10 large pecan trees were uprooted in a pecan orchard.

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June 15, 1989
Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast States. There were 111 reports of large hail and damaging winds, including wind gusts to 80 mph at Norfolk, VA and Hogback Mountain, SC.

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June 16, 1989
Daytime thunderstorms produced severe weather from northern Florida to the Middle Atlantic Coast. The thunderstorms spawned eight tornadoes, and there were 138 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 87 mph caused twenty million dollars damage at Columbia, SC. Strong thunderstorm winds killed one person at McLeansville, NC"; msg[169] = "

June 17, 1988
Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Georgia and the Carolinas. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 75 mph at Eden, NC.

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June 18, 2000
A severe thunderstorm hit downtown Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA as the OpSail 2000 Festival was ending, sending vendors scurrying to fold tents and spectators running for cover. Several tall ships broke free of their moorings and several sailors were knocked into the Elizabeth River. No injuries were reported"; msg[171] = "

June 19, 1972
Hurricane Agnes moved onshore near Cape San Blas, FL with wind gusts to 80 mph and exited Maine on the 26th. The storm resulted in 117 deaths, mainly due to flooding from North Carolina to New York State, and total damage was estimated at more than three billion dollars, making Agnes one of the greatest natural disasters in U.S. history.

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June 20, 2000
A large severe thunderstorm moved over the city of Greenville, SC and produced several areas of wind damage. The most significant damage was on the west side of town, where numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Frequent cloud to ground lightning accompanied the storm. One lightning strike started a fire which burned most of a church.

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June 21, 1989
Heavy rains fell across the eastern U.S. Huntsville, AL reported a record 11.65 inches for the month, compared to the 0.17 inch rainfall total in June 1988.

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June 22, 2000
A National Weather Service employee observed several trees falling on homes in Lexington County, SC during a downburst. Many trees were down around the Irmo area along with power lines.

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June 23, 1999
A waterspout was reported on the Caloosahatchee River in Ft Myers, FL by the local television media.

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June 24, 1924
Six men at a rock quarry south of Winston-Salem, NC sought shelter from a thunderstorm in a structure that contained dynamite. Lightning struck a nearby tree, causing the dynamite to explode. The men were killed instantly.

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June 25, 1987
The afternoon high of 97 degrees at Miami, FL set a new record for the date. It was the third of six straight days of record heat for Miami.

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June 26, 2000
Two separate waterspouts were observed over the Gulf waters just offshore of the west end of Dauphin Island, AL. The waterspouts dissipated over the water.

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June 27, 1998
Twenty registered Angus cattle were killed after being struck by lightning in Kerrs Creek, VA.

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June 28, 1999
Heavy rainfall of four to seven inches, most of which occurred in just less than two hours, flooded the Huntsville, AL area. According to newspaper reports, one woman was killed when her car stalled on a flooded bridge. As she exited the car, she was swept away in the water. A television cameraman was injured when he was swept away by high water while filming. He was rescued by the Huntsville Fire Department.

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June 29, 1931
The temperature at Monticello, FL hit 109 degrees to establish an all-time record for the state.

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June 30, 1886
The second destructive hurricane in nine days hit the Apalachicola-Tallahassee, FL area.

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July 1, 1988
Twenty-six cities across the northern and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Roanoke, VA with a record low of 48 degrees.

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July 2, 1843
An alligator reportedly fell from the sky onto Anson Street in Charleston, SC during a thunderstorm.

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July 3, 1989
Showers and thunderstorms caused locally heavy rain in the eastern U.S., with up to ten inches of rain falling in Oconee County, SC.

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July 4, 1987
Thunderstorms around the country provided extra fireworks for Independence Day. Morning thunderstorms drenched Oneonta, AL with 8.6 inches of rain, their greatest 24 hour total in 30 years of records. The heavy rain caused mudslides and serious flooding, claiming two lives.

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July 5, 1916
A hurricane produced 82 mph winds, an 11.6 foot tide, and a barometric pressure of 28.92 inches at Mobile, AL"; msg[188] = "

July 6, 1999
A newspaper article reported roof damage to a food mart in northern Atlanta. A TV meteorologist estimated wind gusts to 60 mph and a report from the public indicated a measured wind gust of 66 mph.

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July 7, 1999
Several thunderstorms occurred across North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours. One thunderstorm early in the afternoon became severe and an automated gage at Panthertown measured a wind gust of 58 mph. A cluster of severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging wind from near Gastonia through and around the city of Charlotte during the early evening.

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July 8, 1975
Three people were killed and six others were injured when lightning struck a walnut tree near Mayo, FL. The nine people were stringing tobacco under a tin shed when the lightning bolt hit the nearby tree.

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July 9, 1999
Lightning struck the Tampa Bay Area National Weather Service Office in Ruskin, FL and caused considerable electrical damage to several pieces of telecommunication equipment.

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July 10, 1999
An isolated pulse severe thunderstorm downed several trees in the Lake Cunningham area of Greenville County, SC.

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July 11, 2000
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that a 64 year-old man was struck by lightning while playing golf at the Cartersville Country Club. He sustained a burn on his foot where the lightning bolt exited his body. He spent the night in the hospital and was released.

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July 12, 1980
Lightning struck a large broiler house in Branford, FL. The ensuing fire broiled 11,000 nearly-ready broilers. Firefighters were able to save a few thousand chickens, however.

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July 13, 1980
Afternoon highs of 108 degrees at Macon, GA, and 105 degrees at Atlanta, GA, established al-time records for those cities. The high of 110 degrees at Newington, GA was just two degrees shy of the state record.

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July 14, 2000
A cold front moved across northern Virginia during the evening of the 14th. Thunderstorms that developed ahead of and along this front produced very heavy rainfall, large hail, and winds in excess of 55 MPH. Rainfall totals ranged from 1.05 inches at Dulles International Airport to 4.25 inches at Ft. Belvoir.

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July 15, 1916
A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass, NC was drenched with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads.

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July 16, 1989
Showers and thunderstorms developing along a stationary front drenched the Middle Atlantic Coast States with heavy rain, causing flooding in some areas. More than five inches of rain was reported near Madison, VA and Ferncliff, VA.

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July 17, 1952
Thunderstorms helped the temperature at Key West, FL to dip to 69 degrees, tying the July record low for that city established on July 1, 1923.

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July 18, 1999
A line of thunderstorms producing winds in excess of 55 MPH, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours moved from Central to Northeast Virginia between 4:00 PM and 6:45 PM EDT. The storms downed trees and power lines throughout the area. A wind gust of 63 MPH was recorded at Dulles International Airport.

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July 19, 1886
A hurricane from the Gulf of Mexico crossed Florida, causing extensive damage from Cedar Keys to Jacksonville.

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July 20, 1986
The temperature at Charleston, SC hit 104 degrees for the second day in a row. This is just one degree shy of Charleston's all-time record high of 105, set on August 1, 1999.

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July 21, 1989
Afternoon thunderstorms over Florida produced wind gusts to 92 mph at Jacksonville, damaging 13 light planes at Herlong Field.

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July 22, 1988
Thunderstorms over the Atlantic Coast Region drenched Wilmington, NC with 6.49 inches of rain in about eight hours.

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July 23, 1788
A weather diary kept by George Washington recorded that the center of a hurricane passed directly over his Mount Vernon home. The hurricane crossed eastern North Carolina and Virginia before moving into the Central Appalachians. Norfolk, VA reported houses destroyed, trees uprooted, and crops leveled to the ground.

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July 24, 1952
The temperature at Louisville, GA soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record. The record was later tied on August 20, 1983 in Greenville, GA.

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July 25, 2000
Two families from Richmond Hill, GA were out boating when a strong thunderstorm developed suddenly. They took shelter under an eroded embankment, which was pierced by the roots of a large, isolated pine tree. The lightning struck the tree and traveled through the tree, down its roots and into the members of the two families. Everyone was knocked unconscious.

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July 26, 2000
Thunderstorms produced dime size hail about 5 miles north of the Birmingham International Airport, where observers reported a 50 knot wind gust. The roof of the Pemco Aeroplex Building at the airport was totally torn off, and it destroyed 6 telephone poles in the process. Two airplanes were pushed sideways on the runway and two airplanes in a hangar were slightly damaged when the doors blew in.

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July 27, 1926
A hurricane came inland near Daytona Beach, FL. The hurricane caused 2.5 million dollars damage in eastern Florida, including the Jacksonville area.

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July 28, 1988
Thunderstorms drenched Wilmington, NC with 3.33 inches of rain, bringing the monthly total for the city to 14.46 inches.

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July 29, 1981
Fifty cattle, each weighing 800 pounds, were killed by lightning near Vance, AL. The lightning struck a tree and then spread along the ground, killing the cattle.

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July 30, 2000
Lightning struck and killed a man doing yard work near a tree in the Great Neck Point section of Virginia Beach, VA. Witnesses said there was no rain falling in the area at the time, and described the bolt as coming out of clear skies.

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July 31, 1999
Severe thunderstorms shortly after midnight produced damaging winds and a considerable amount of lightning across the southern piedmont of North Carolina. Scattered trees were downed, some on roads. At a school in Faith, a grandstand was blown down and a ticket booth was blown over.

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August 1, 2000
Scattered thunderstorms developed over Northern Virginia during the hot and humid afternoon, producing very heavy rainfall. In Frederick County, one driver had to be rescued from her car after she drove across a flooded portion of Green Springs Road.

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August 2, 2000
A pilot reported a brief tornado touched down 40 miles southeast of La Belle, FL in the Everglades.

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August 3, 1995
Strong wind associated with Hurricane Erin were responsible for downing several trees in Barbour County, AL. One tree damaged a roof to a house and two fences.

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August 4, 1882
A vivid aurora was visible from Oregon to Maine, down the east coast as far as Mayport, FL.

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August 5, 2000
Heavy rainfall of four to six inches in less than two hours caused localized urban flooding of roadways and low-lying areas from Ft. Myers to Bonita Springs in Lee county, FL.

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August 6, 1918
Unusually hot weather began to spread across the Atlantic Coast States, from the Carolinas to southern New England. The temperature soared to an all-time record high of 106 degrees at Washington D.C., and Cumberland and Keedysville hit 109 degrees to establish a state record for Maryland.

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August 7, 1987
Morning thunderstorms drenched Goldsboro, NC with 3.37 inches of rain.

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August 8, 1989
A total of 99 cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Mount Mitchell, NC, which was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 35 degrees.

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August 9, 1987
Florida baked in the summer heat. Nine cities across the Sunshine State reported record high temperatures for the date, including Jacksonville with a reading of 101 degrees. Miami reported a record high of 98 degrees.

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August 10, 1987
Unseasonably hot weather continued across the southeastern U.S. Ten cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina reported record high temperatures for the date. Macon, GA hit 101 degrees.

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August 11, 1940
A major hurricane struck Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC causing the worst inland flooding since 1607.

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August 12, 1998
Heavy rains produced urban flooding in parts of San Juan, Bayamon, Guaynabo and Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Various streets were reported impassable.

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August 13, 1831
A blue sun was widely observed across the southern states. The phenomenon was believed to have pre-staged Nat Turner's slave uprising in Southampton County, VA.

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August 14, 1999
Strong thunderstorms downed trees and powerlines across central South Carolina. Wind gusts of 80 mph were reported at McEntire Air National Guard Base and nickel size hail was reported in Pelion.

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August 15, 2000
It was a day of extremes across Alabama. First, an early morning temperature of 64 degrees Dannelly Field Airport in Montgomery tied the previous record low temperature for the date. Later, an afternoon high temperature of 97 degrees was measured at the Huntsville International Airport. This temperature tied the previous record high for the date for Huntsville.

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August 16, 1916
Altapass, NC was deluged with 22.22 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record.

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August 17, 2000
Boaters reported several waterspouts in Biscayne Bay, FL near Black Point Marina.

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August 18, 1988
22 cities, from the Carolinas to the Upper Ohio Valley, reported record high temperatures for the date, pushing the total number of daily record highs since the first of June above the 1100 mark. Afternoon highs of 102 degrees at Greensboro, NC and 105 degrees at Raleigh, NC tied all-time records.

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August 19, 1969
Hurricane Camille let loose a cloudburst in Virginia resulting in flash floods and landslides which killed 151 people and caused 140 million dollars in damage. Massies Hill, VA received 27 inches of rain.

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August 20, 2000
Officials in eastern Virginia received five reports of waterspouts during the morning and early afternoon hours, including two separate reports of a waterspout just off Gwynn's Island.

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August 21, 1983
The temperature at Fayetteville, NC soared to 110 degrees to establish an all-time state record.

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August 22, 1816
The growing season for corn was cut short as damaging frosts were reported from North Carolina to interior New England.

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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.

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August 24, 1906
A cloudburst deluged Guinea, VA with more than nine inches of rain in just 40 minutes.

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August 25, 1885
A severe hurricane struck South Carolina causing 1.3 million dollars in damage in Charleston.

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August 26, 1949
A hurricane made landfall at Delray Beach, FL. Winds reached 153 mph at the Jupiter Lighthouse before the anemometer failed. The hurricane caused 45 million dollars in damage to crops, and also hit the Georgia and South Carolina coast resulting in another two million dollars in damages.

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August 27, 1893
The first of three great hurricanes that year struck South Carolina, drowning more than 1,000 people in a tidal surge at Charleston.

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August 28, 1911
Saint George, GA was deluged with 18.00 inches of rain in 24 hours, which stood as a state record for 83 years.

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August 29, 1987
Some of the most powerful thunderstorms in several years developed over the piedmont of North Carolina, and marched across central sections of the state during the late afternoon and evening hours. Baseball size hail was reported around Albemarle, while thunderstorm winds downed giant trees around High Falls.

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August 30, 1839
A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras, NC to offshore New England. An unusual feature of the hurricane was the snow it helped produce, which whitened the Catskill Mountains of New York State.

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August 31, 2000
Residents of Wagarville, AL reported dime sized hail association with a late afternoon thunderstorm.

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September 1, 1957
The maximum temperature for Charlotte, NC was 99 degrees Fahrenheit on this date.

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September 2, 1935
Perhaps the most intense hurricane ever to hit the U.S. struck the Florida Keys with 200 mph winds. The hurricane produced a 15 foot tide and waves thirty feet high. 400 people perished in the storm on that Labor Day. The barometric pressure at Matecumbe Bay, FL hits a record low for the U.S. of 26.35 inches.

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September 3, 1998
Hurricane Earl came ashore on the Florida Gulf Coast as a tropical storm, and passed across the Carolinas during the day and evening of Sept. 3rd. Wind gusts as high as 70 mph were reported in Horry County, where sustained winds reached 50 mph for 5 minutes. A tornado briefly touched down in Georgetown County. Rainfall reports ranged from 2 to 4 inches onto ground soaked by Hurricane Bonnie on Aug. 26, resulting in flooding of some roads, especially along the coast.

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September 4, 1939
A thunderstorm deluged Washington, D.C. with 4.4 inches of rain in two hours. September of that year was very dry across much of the nation, and the nation's capital received more rain in that two hour period than most other places in the country did that entire month.

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September 5, 1925
The temperature at Centerville, AL soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record. Every reporting station in Alabama was 100 degrees or higher during the afternoon.

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September 6, 1989
An early afternoon thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 104 mph at Winterhaven, FL, flipping over four airplanes and damaging five others. The high winds also damaged a hangar and three other buildings.

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September 7, 1970
A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg, FL, killing two people and injuring 22 others. All of the 38 players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.

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September 8, 1988
Eighteen cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Roanoke, VA with a reading of 42 degrees.

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September 9, 1944
The 'Great Atlantic Hurricane' ravaged the East Coast, killing 22 people and causing 63 million dollars in damage across the Chesapeake Bay area. The storm went on to besiege New England, killing 390 people and causing another 100 million in dollars damage.

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September 10, 1960
Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys with winds gusting to 180 mph and a 13 foot storm surge. The hurricane then moved north along the eastern coast of Florida and inundated Naples before moving out to sea. Hurricane Donna claimed 50 lives, injured 1,800 people, and caused more than 300 million dollars in damage.

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September 11, 1999
A waterspout formed briefly just east of New Smyrna Beach, FL. The waterspout dissipated before reaching the coast.

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September 12, 1979
Hurricane Frederick smashed into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing 132 mph winds. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over Dauphin Island, AL, just west of Mobile. Frederick produced a 15 foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. The hurricane remains the fifth costliest in U.S. history, causing 2.3 billion dollars in damage.

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September 13, 1984
Hurricane Diana, after making a complete loop off the Carolina coast, made landfall and moved across eastern North Carolina. Diana deluged Cape Fear with more than 18 inches of rain and caused 78 million dollars in damage in North Carolina.

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September 14, 1944
A very destructive hurricane swept across Cape Hatteras and Chesapeake Bay, side swiped New Jersey and Long Island, and crossed southeastern Massachusetts. The hurricane killed more than four hundred people, mainly at sea.

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September 15, 1752
A great hurricane produced a tide along the South Carolina coast which nearly inundated downtown Charleston. However, just before the tide reached the city, a shift in the wind caused the water level to drop five feet in ten minutes.

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September 16, 1928
Hurricane San Felipe, a monster hurricane, which left 600 dead in Guadeloupe and 300 dead in Puerto Rico, struck West Palm Beach, FL causing enormous damage before heading for Lake Okeechobee. When the storm was over, the lake covered an area the size of Delaware, and beneath its waters were 2,000 victims. The only survivors were those who reached large hotels for safety, along with a group of 50 people who got onto a raft to take their chances out in the middle of the lake.

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September 17, 1999
After making landfall near Cape Fear, NC on the morning of the 16th, Hurricane Floyd lost its tropical characteristics and was no longer considered a tropical storm. In all, Floyd was responsible for 57 deaths and 3 to 6 billion dollars in damages. Floyd caused the largest peace time evacuation in the nation's history.

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September 18, 1989
Hurricane Hugo hit Puerto Rico, producing wind gusts to 92 mph at San Juan, and wind gusts to 120 mph at Roosevelt Roads. Hugo produced a storm surge of four to six feet, and northeastern sections of the island were deluged with more than 10 inches of rain. Hugo claimed the lives of a dozen people in Puerto Rico, and caused a billion dollars in damage, including 100 million dollars in damage to crops.

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September 19, 1989
Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region. Cape Hatteras, NC was deluged with nearly 3.50 inches of rain in three hours.

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September 20, 1926
A hurricane which hit Miami, FL on the 18th pounded Pensacola with wind gusts to 152 mph. Winds raged in excess of 100 mph for four hours, and above 75 mph for 20 hours.

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September 21, 1989
Hurricane Hugo slammed into the South Carolina coast around 11 PM, making landfall near Sullivans Island. It was directly responsible for 13 deaths and indirectly responsible for 22 others. A total of 420 people were injured by the hurricane, and damage was estimated at eight billion dollars. Sustained winds reached 85 mph at Folly Beach, SC, with wind gusts as high was 138 mph. Wind gusts reached 98 mph at Charleston.

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September 22, 1989
Hurricane Hugo quickly lost strength over South Carolina, but remained a tropical storm as it crossed into North Carolina, just west of Charlotte, at around 7 AM. Winds around Charlotte reached 69 mph, with gusts to 99 mph. Eighty percent of the power to Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was knocked out. Property damage in North Carolina reached 210 million dollars.

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September 23, 1999
A new record low temperature of 52 degrees was measured at Dannelly Field in Montgomery, AL during the early morning hours.

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September 24, 1988
Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S., with reports of severe weather most numerous throughout North Carolina. Golf ball size hail was reported at Tick Creek and a number of other locations in North Carolina.

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September 25, 1956
Atlanta received 5.3 inches of rain on this date. Normal precipitation for Atlanta in August is 3.66 inches.

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September 26, 1988
Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across Florida. Afternoon highs of 92 degrees at Apalachicola and 95 degrees at Fort Myers were records for the date.

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September 27, 1998
Heavy rains from Hurricane Georges caused widespread flooding across Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties in Florida from the 27th to 29th. Rainfall estimates were between 20 and 30 inches, closing many roads and schools for several days.

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September 28, 1917
A hurricane hit Pensacola, FL. Winds gusted to 95 mph, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.50 inches. Winds at Mobile, AL gusted to 75 mph.

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September 29, 1999
An area of intense showers moved across Northern Virginia from 7 PM on the 29th through 1 AM EDT on the 30th, producing winds in excess of 55 MPH and very heavy downpours. Up to 20 roads were closed at one time across Arlington county and schools were closed on the 30th because several roads were still impassable by morning.

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September 30, 1959
Three tornadoes spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Gracie killed 12 people in Ivy, VA.

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October 1, 1989
Severe thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes, seven of which occurred in the state of Georgia. A tornado southwest of Moultrie, GA killed two people and injured a dozen others.

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October 2, 1959
A tornado struck the town of Ivy, VA (located near Charlottesville). Eleven people were killed, including 10 from one family.

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October 3, 2000
Heavy rain from a weak tropical depression dropped three to four inches of rain over southern Brevard and Indian River counties in Florida. Widespread minor roadway flooding was reported in Sebastian and in Vero Beach.

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October 4, 1954
Columbia, SC reported a maximum temperature of 96 degrees Fahrenheit today.

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October 5, 1954
Atlanta, GA reported a maximum temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit today.

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October 6, 1985
A tropical wave, later to become Tropical Storm Isabel, struck Puerto Rico. As much as 24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, and the severe flooding and numerous landslides resulting from the rain claimed about 180 lives.

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October 7, 1970
Widespread flooding took place across Puerto Rico. Rainfall amounts for the day ranged up to 17 inches at Aibonito. A slow moving tropical depression was responsible for six days of torrential rains across the island. Totals in the Eastern Interior Division averaged 30 inches, with 38.4 inches at Jayuya. Flooding claimed 18 lives, and resulted in 62 million dollars in damage.

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October 8, 2000
A waterspout was observed 5 miles south of Guayama, Puerto Rico.

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October 9, 1987
Eighteen cities in the southeastern U.S. and the Middle Atlantic Coast Region reported record low temperatures for the date. Asheville, NC dipped to 29 degrees, and the record low of 47 degrees at Jacksonville, FL marked that city's fourth record low for the month.

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October 10, 1989
Thunderstorms produced torrential rains along the northeast coast of Florida. Augustine was deluged with 16.08 inches of rain. The heavy rain caused extensive flooding of homes and businesses, and left some roads under three feet of water.

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October 11, 2000
The early morning temperature measured at the Huntsville, AL International Airport was 31 degrees. This reading established a new record low temperature.

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October 12, 1987
Floyd, the only hurricane to make landfall the entire season, moved across the Florida Keys. Floyd produced wind gusts to 59 mph at Duck Key, and up to nine inches of rain in southern Florida.

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October 13, 1986
Four tornadoes struck southeastern Virginia late in the night causing three million dollars in damages. Tornadoes in Falls Church, VA caused a million dollars in damages.

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October 14, 1965
In a 24 hour period rains of 20 inches were reported from Deerfield Beach to Fort Lauderdale, FL with 25.28 inches on the Fort Lauderdale Bahia-Mar Yacht Basin. Ten miles away just 4.51 inches of rain was reported.

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October 15, 1954
Hurricane Hazel struck the Carolina coastline, demolishing every pier along a 170 mile stretch from Myrtle Beach, SC to Cedar Island, NC. It also destroyed 1,500 homes as it moved inland with 17 foot tides. Winds between Myrtle Beach, SC and Cape Fear, NC gusted to 150 mph. The total cost was 163 million dollars and 98 lives.

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October 16, 1987
Ten cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. The low of 34 degrees at Augusta GA marked that city's third straight morning of record cold.

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October 17, 1950
Small but powerful Hurricane King struck Miami, FL. The hurricane gusted to 150 mph. Hurricane King then moved up the Florida peninsula to Georgia, killing four people and causing 28 million dollars worth of damage.

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October 18, 1906
A hurricane struck South Florida drowning 124 people stranded in the Florida Keys.

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October 19, 1989
In Florida, four cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The record high of 92 degrees at Miami also marked a record fourteen days of 90 degree weather in October, and 116 such days for the year.

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October 20, 1989
Snow blanketed the higher elevations of Georgia and the Carolinas. Melbourne, FL dipped to 47 degrees shortly before midnight to surpass the record low established that morning.

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October 21, 1989
Unseasonably cold weather continued to grip the south central and southeastern U.S. Twenty cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Daytona Beach, FL with a low of 41 degrees.

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October 22, 1987
Twenty-two cities in the eastern U.S., most of them in the southeast states, reported record low temperatures for the date. Morning lows of 30 degrees at Athens, GA, 28 degrees at Birmingham, AL and 23 degrees at Pinson, AL were the coldest on record for so early in the season.

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October 23, 1987
Thirteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including the sixth record low of the month for Greer, SC and Columbia, SC and the ninth of the month for Montgomery, AL.

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October 24, 2000
Several waterspouts were sighted south of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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October 25, 1981
A northbound tornado caused two million dollars in damage to Bountstown, FL in less than five minutes. Fortunately no deaths occurred along its six mile path, which was 30 to 100 yards in width. The radar at Apalachicola had no indication of a tornado or severe weather.

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October 26, 1998
A surge of water in Rio Fajardo washed away and drowned one adult and two children in Humacao, Puerto Rico.

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October 27, 1962
Charlotte, NC reported a low temperature of 24 degrees Fahrenheit today.

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October 28, 2000
A wildfire was started in the Linville Gorge, NC area and eventually burned hundreds of acres. Extremely dry conditions had persisted across the area since rain had not been measured for 50 days.

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October 29, 1985
Mobile, AL reported 4.99 inches of rain today.

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October 30, 2000
Local residents in the Joyuda sector of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico sighted a waterspout off shore.

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October 31, 1965
Fort Lauderdale, FL was deluged with 13.81 inches of rain, which brought the city's rainfall total for the month of October to an all-time record of 42.43 inches.

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November 1, 1861
A hurricane near Cape Hatteras, NC battered a Union fleet of ships attacking Carolina ports and produced high tides and high winds in New York State and New England.

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November 2, 1987
Showers and thundershowers associated with a tropical depression over southern Florida produced 4.77 inches of rain at Tavernier, located in the Upper Florida Keys.

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November 3, 2000
Patchy dense fog and smoke from a nearby brush fire combined to contribute to a series of traffic pileups involving between 30 and 35 vehicles on Interstate 10 in Lower Baldwin County, AL east of Mobile. The brush fire, which was started by a lightning strike back at the end of August 2000, had been smoldering for over two months in a nearby, but remote swamp.

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November 4, 1985
An extremely wet Gulf storm dumped upwards of 15 inches of rain in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia causing devastating damage and claiming 40 lives.

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November 5, 1977
A slow moving storm produced five to nine inch rains across northern Georgia causing the Toccoa Dam to burst. As the earthen dam collapsed the waters rushed through the Toccoa Falls Bible College killing three people in the dorms. Thirty-eight people perished at a trailer park along the stream.

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November 6, 1989
Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the south central and southeastern U.S. Nine cities from Florida to Oklahoma and Texas reported record high temperatures for the date as afternoon highs warmed into the 80s.

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November 7, 1987
Smoke from forest fires reduced visibility to less than a mile at some locations from North Carolina to Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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November 8, 1989
A late afternoon thunderstorm in central Georgia spawned a tornado which killed one person and injured eight others at Pineview.

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November 9, 1968
Asheville, NC received an early taste of winter as 4 inches of snow fell across the area.

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November 10, 1945
Montgomery, AL recorded a high temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit.

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November 11, 1987
A deepening low pressure system brought heavy snow to the east central U.S. The Veteran's Day storm produced up to 17 inches of snow in the Washington D.C. area, snarling traffic and closing schools and airports. Afternoon thunderstorms produced five inches of snow in three hours. Gale force winds lashed the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast. Norfolk, VA reported it's earliest measurable snow in 99 years of records.

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November 12, 1968
A severe coastal storm produced high winds and record early snows from Georgia to Maine.

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November 13, 1989
Thirty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs in the 80s were reported from the Southern Plains to the southern Atlantic coast. Columbia, SC reported a record high of 86 degrees.

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November 14, 1932
Corozal, Puerto Rico experienced its coldest temperature in November, a chilly 57 degrees Fahrenheit.

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November 15, 1989
Thunderstorms developing along a powerful cold front began to produce severe weather in the Middle Mississippi Valley before sunrise, and by early the next morning thunderstorms had spawned seventeen tornadoes east of the Mississippi River, with a total of 350 reports of severe weather. There were one hundred reports of damaging winds in Georgia, and five tornadoes, and there were another four tornadoes reported in Alabama. Hardest hit was Huntsville, AL where a violent tornado killed 21 people, injured 463 others, and caused one hundred million dollars damage.

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November 16, 1995
An Air Traffic control tower official reported at funnel cloud eight miles south of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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November 17, 1987
Early morning thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. drenched Mary Esther, FL with 4.43 inches of rain.

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November 18, 1957
A tornado 100 yards in width traveled a nearly 'straight as an arrow' 27-mile path from near Rosa, AL to near Albertville, AL killing three people. A home in the Susan Moore community in Blount County was picked up and dropped 500 feet away killing one person.

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November 19, 1987
Showers and thunderstorms over Florida produced 5.80 inches of rain in six hours at Cocoa Beach.

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November 20, 1914
The high temperature of 28 degrees at Atlanta, GA was the city's earliest daily high below freezing.

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November 21, 1985
Hurricane Kate made landfall during the evening hours near Mexico Beach, FL. Wind gusts to 100 mph were reported at Cape San Blas, FL. It was the latest known hurricane to hit the U.S. so far north.

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November 22, 1962
Atlanta received its highest one day rainfall for November, 3.75 inches.

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November 23, 2000
Freezing temperatures were observed over parts of West Central Florida during the predawn hours.

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November 24, 1863
The 'battle above the clouds' was fought on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga. Pre-frontal clouds obscured the upper battlefield aiding a Union victory.

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November 25, 1970
The temperature at Tallahassee, FL dipped to 13 degrees, following a high of 40 degrees the previous day. The mercury then climbed to 67 degrees on the 26th, and highs were in the 70s for the rest of the month.

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November 26, 1992
Orlando, FL reported a high of 92 degrees Fahrenheit today.

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November 27, 1948
Tallahassee, FL reported its highest mean daily temperature for the month of November with 77.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

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November 28, 1988
Thunderstorms spawned five tornadoes in North Carolina during the early morning hours. A powerful tornado ripped through one of the most densely populated areas of Raleigh, destroying hundreds of homes and damaging thousands more. The tornado killed four people along its 83 mile track and injured 154 others. Total damage was estimated at more than 77 million dollars.

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November 29, 1987
Heavy rain soaked the Middle Atlantic Coast states, while gale force winds lashed the coastline. Flooding was reported in Maryland and Virginia.

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November 30, 1967
A record November snowstorm struck the Washington D.C. area. It produced up to a foot of snow in a 12 hour period.

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December 1, 1999
A pilot of a small plane sighted a waterspout off the Atlantic coast of Florida, 14 miles SE of Palm Beach Airport.

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December 2, 1896
An early season snow and ice storm struck the southeastern U.S. It produced 11 inches of snow at Charlotte, NC, and six inches at Atlanta, GA.

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December 3, 1983
Birmingham, AL was drenched with 9.22 inches of rain in 24 hours. The rains caused severe flash flooding that literally submerged traffic.

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December 4, 1989
Seventeen cities in the eastern U.S., including nine in Florida, reported record low temperatures for the date. Lakeland, FL reported a record low of 31 degrees.

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December 5, 1886
A big snowstorm in the southeastern U.S. produced 11 inches at Montgomery, AL, 18.5 inches at Rome, GA, and 22.5 inches at Knoxville, TN.

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December 6, 1886
A great snowstorm hit the southern Appalachian Mountains. The three day storm produced 25 inches at Rome, GA, 33 inches at Asheville, NC and 42 inches in the mountains. Montgomery, AL received a record 11 inches of snow. Columbia, SC received one to two inches of sleet.

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December 7, 1987
Heavy rain fell across eastern Puerto Rico, with 19.41 inches reported at Las Piedras. Flooding caused five million dollars in damage.

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December 8, 1989
A winter storm spread snow and freezing rain across much of the Atlantic Coast Region, from Georgia to New Jersey. Snowfall totals ranged up to seven inches at Stanton, VA. Up to six inches of snow blanketed the mountains of northern Georgia. More than 100 auto accidents were reported in Gwinnett County, GA.

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December 9, 1998
Sumter, SC reported a high temperature of 83 degrees Fahrenheit.

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December 10, 2000
Freezing rain during the morning produced icy roads across Tazewell County, VA. Numerous accidents were reported with 14 injuries.

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December 11, 1931
Montgomery, AL reported a high temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit.

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December 12, 1962
Atlanta, GA experienced a low temperature of 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

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December 13, 1962
A severe Florida freeze occurred. Morning lows reached 35 degrees at Miami, 18 degrees at Tampa, and 12 degrees at Jacksonville. It was the coldest December weather of the 20th century and caused millions of dollars damage to crops and foliage.

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December 14, 2000
A storm spotter at Maria Hill in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands reported a wind gust of 58 mph. These strong winds were associated with a strong high pressure system north of the area. There were not reports of damage.

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December 15, 1997
A strong Low pressure system whipped up seas of 10 to 12 feet across northeastern Florida, causing moderate beach erosion. The storm damaged the Flagler Beach Pier. An employee of a firm rebuilding the pier was tossed into the water and floated to shore about 10 blocks South of the pier. He was treated for hypothermia.

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December 16, 1958
Richmond, VA reported a low temperature of +1 degree Fahrenheit.

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December 17, 2000
Thunderstorm winds gusting to 50 mph downed trees and power lines in Beaufort County, SC, causing over 10,000 customers to be without power for several hours.

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December 18, 1988
Cool weather prevailed across the eastern U.S. Key West, FL reported an afternoon high of 61 degrees.

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December 19, 1777
The Continental Army moved into encampment at Valley Forge amidst stormy winds and piercing cold. A relatively moderate winter followed.

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December 20, 1931
Gastonia, NC reported a high temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

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December 21, 2000
Temperatures fell into the mid 30s with patchy frost observed near Immokalee, FL.

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December 22, 2000
After a cold front moved across the Washington, D.C. region during the afternoon of the 22nd, northwest winds increased to 20 to 30 mph. Temperatures dropped into the teens with wind chills between -10 and -20 degrees. The winds finally subsided during the early morning hours of the 23rd.

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December 23, 1989
A storm system moving across the Florida peninsula and along the Southern Atlantic Coast produced high winds and record snows along the Carolina coast. Snowfall totals of 15 inches at Wilmington, NC and 13.3 inches at Cape Hatteras, NC were all-time records for those two locations. Gale force winds, gusting to 60 mph, produced waves 34 feet high off the coast of North Carolina and whipped the heavy snow into drifts up to eight feet high. The storm resulted in the first white Christmas of record from northeastern Florida to North Carolina.

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December 24, 1989
Fifty-seven cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Key West, FL tied its record for December with a morning low of 44 degrees. The high of just 45 degrees at Miami, FL was an all-time record for that location. It smashed their previous record for the date by 20 degrees.

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December 25, 1966
A white Christmas was enjoyed by residents from North Carolina to New England in the wake of a major snowstorm. Even coastal Virginia was blanketed with snow.

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December 26, 1983
Miami, FL established a December record with a morning low of 33 degrees. Just three days earlier, and again three days later, record warm temperatures were reported across Florida, with daytime highs in the 80s.

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December 27, 1892
An Atlantic coast storm produced a record 18.6 inches of snow at Norfolk, VA including 17.7 inches in 24 hours. The storm also produced 9.5 inches of snow at Raleigh, NC, and brought snow to northern Florida for the first time in 35 years.

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December 28, 1988
Strong winds behind a cold front gusted to 87 mph in the Washington, D.C. area.

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December 29, 1894
A severe freeze hit Florida destroying fruit and causing considerable damage to trees.

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December 30, 1880
The temperature at Charlotte, NC plunged to an all-time record cold reading of 5 degrees below zero, a record which was tied on the January 21, 1985.

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December 31, 1962
A disastrous ice storm was over Georgia and South Carolina. It ravaged the two states for days causing more than seven million dollars in damage.

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