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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

In 2003, a hailstone measuring 7 inches in diameter and
18.75 inches in circumference landed in Aurora Nebraska.
At the time, it was the largest hailstone in United
States history, eclipsing the record set in Coffeyville
on September 3, 1970.  That hailstone measured 5.7 inches
in diameter and 17.5 inches in circumference.  The Aurora
Nebraska hailstone would lose the largest diameter title
on July 23, 2010, when an eight inch diameter specimen
landed in Vivian South Dakota.The Vivian South Dakota
event also `hails` as the king of heaviest hailstones on
record, when it tipped the scales at 1.94 pounds.

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In 1987, incredibly severe thunderstorms that invaded
parts of South Texas whip-lashed Quemado, a very small
community located right on the central Rio Grande River,
with a 116-mph gust.  In 1972, Hurricane Agnes inundated
much of Pennsylvania and New York with torrential rains
that resulted in the costliest flood in United States
history to that date.  Widespread rainfalls of 8-12
inches swamped the Middle Susquehanna Valley of
Pennsylvania in a 24 hour period.  In Pennsylvania, the
greatest rainfall was 19 inches which swamped Western
Schuylkill County.  In Harrisburg, the floods reached 13
feet deep and the first floor of the Governor`s mansion
was submerged.In Wilkes-Barre, the dike was breached,
destroying much of the town.  In all, Agnes caused $3.1
billion damage and 128 people died.  Agnes was the first
Category one hurricane in the Atlantic Basin to have its
name retired.

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