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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
IN 1989, EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA, WITH 5.37
INCHES MEASURED AT THE TULSA WEATHER OFFICE. SOME ROADS
IN THE TULSA AREA WERE CLOSED BY WATER 10 TO 12 FEET
DEEP. EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH
IN MAJOR COUNTY OKLAHOMA, AND TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN
JENNINGS KANSAS. IN 1933, THREE SHORT-LIVED, BUT STRONG,
TORNADOES CROSSED PARTS OF HARPER, SUMNER AND KINGMAN
COUNTIES. FORTUNATELY, THEY REMAINED IN RURAL AREAS. AN
F3 THAT THAT STRUCK NORTHEAST HARPER COUNTY DESTROYED 2
FARMS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE. THE 2ND, AN
F2, DESTROYED 2 FARMS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NORWICH WHILE THE 2ND F2 DESTROYED 5 SMALL HOMES 18 MILES
SOUTH OF WICHITA.
IN 1969, HURRICANE CAMILLE, ONE OF ONLY FOUR CATEGORY 5
HURRICANES TO EVER STRIKE THE UNITED STATES WHEN SHE
SLAMMED INTO MISSISSIPPI ON THE 17TH, WAS SUDDENLY "IN
THE MOOD" FOR SOME MORE "FUN AND GAMES" WHEN SHE PRODUCED
A COLOSSAL CLOUD BURST IN VIRGINIA. HIDEOUSLY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 10 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA, TRAINING OVER AN AREA AROUND 100 MILES
LONG BUT ONLY 25 MILES WIDE. HARDEST HIT WAS NELSON
COUNTY, WHERE TORRENTIAL RAINS INUNDATED MANY AREAS WITH
A STAGGERING 27 TO 30 INCHES IN ABOUT 3 HOURS! THE
RESULTING FLASH FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES KILLED 153 AND
CAUSED AROUND $500 MILLION DAMAGE. IT IS STILL THE
DEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTER IN VIRGINIA HISTORY.
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