1879 - Kansas and western Missouri raked by tornadoes. 18 people were killed by a twister at Delphos. Thirty people were killed at Irving by two tornadoes within a few minutes time, which virtually wiped the town off of the map. Reports indicated that the second tornado was two miles wide.
1889 - Great Potomac Flood starts after nearly three inches of rain fall.
1948 - The town of Vanport OR was destroyed when a temporary dike along the Columbia River gave way. Most of the 19,000 residents escaped with just the clothes n their backs.
1948 - Severe hailstorm at Denver. It took twenty railroad cars to replace all the broken glass.
1968 - Severe flooding in New Jersey. 7 people dies in the flooding between the 28th and 30th. Damage totaled $133 million.
1983 - Flooding and mudslides in Nevada caused by melting snow runoff from the Rockies.
1985 - Oklahoma City hits 104 degrees, earliest that they have seen 100 degrees, and setting record high for the date.
1987 - 18 cities across the eastern U.S. recorded record highs on this date, including 97 at Washington and Baltimore and 98 at Newark.
1988 - McDonald Pass MT was buried under 8 inches of snow. Roads were closed in Yellowstone National Park.
1988 - Baseball size hail in Baily and Lamb counties in West Texas.
1989 - Powerful F4 tornado hit New Providence IA, injuring 3 people and causing a million dollars damage.
1990 - Baseball-size hail fell near Marshall.
1998 - The town of Spencer SD was virtually wiped off the map by a half-mile wide F4 tornado that struck on a Saturday night. 92 percent of the homes in the town of 300 were destroyed. 6 people died and 150 were injured. 5 other tornadoes occurred that night in the vicinity of Spencer. It was the first F4 tornado in South Dakota since June 7 1993. No one had died in a tornado in South Dakota since July 14 1970!
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