Weather History
For Wednesday,May 25,2016
For Wednesday,May 25,2016
1917 - A tornado ripped through southeast Kansas, traveling 65 mph. The average speed was a record for any tornado. (The Weather Channel)
1955
- Two tornadoes struck the town of Blackwell, OK, within a few minutes
time during the late evening. The tornadoes killed 18 persons and
injured more than 500 others. Early the next morning a tornado virtually
obliterated the small community of Udall KS killing 80 persons and
injuring 270 persons. More than half the persons in the community were
killed or injured by the tornado. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1987
- Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes in West Texas. One
thunderstorm spawned a powerful tornado near Gruver, TX, along with golf
ball size hail and 75 mph winds. A man on a boat on Lake Bistineau in
northwest Louisiana was struck and killed by lightning, while the other
three persons in the boat were unharmed. The man reportedly stood up in
the boat and asked to be struck by lightning. (The National Weather
Summary) (Storm Data)
1988
- Unseasonably cool weather prevailed in the Upper Midwest. Marquette,
MI, reported a record low of 26 degrees. Thunderstorms in the north
central U.S. produced wind gusts to 62 mph at Idaho Falls, ID, and
produced 4 inches of rain in less than four hours in northern Buffalo
County. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989
- Thunderstorms developing ahead of a strong cold front produced severe
weather from Oklahoma to Ohio through the day and night. Thunderstorms
spawned nine tornadoes, and there were 155 reports of large hail and
damaging winds. Hail three and a half inches in diameter was reported at
Dittmer, MO, and thunderstorm winds gusting to 90 MPH caused twenty
million dollars damage at Rockville IN. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
1990
- Evening thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes in Kansas and Missouri,
and there were three dozen reports of large hail or damaging winds.
Thunderstorms produced hail two inches in diameter at Cole Camp, and
wind gusts to 72 mph at Rosebud. Heavy thunderstorm rains produced flash
flooding in central Missouri. Flood waters swept through Washington
State Park southwest of Saint Louis, and nearly one hundred persons had
to be rescued from water as much as twenty feet deep. The flood waters
swept away a number of vehicles, some were carried as much as four miles
away. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
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