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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

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

In 1988, a strong storm system produced a variety of
severe weather across the Central United States.  A
winter storm dropped 22 inches of snow at Rye Colorado
and Timpas Oklahoma, and 19 inches at Sharon Springs
Kansas.  In far Northeast Texas, a severe thunderstorm
spawned an F3 tornado.The track was 13 miles long and
around 400 yards wide.The tornado injured nine and
caused $2.5 million damage in the tiny town of East
Mountain, located 40 miles northeast of Tyler.

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In 1946, likely the cruelest April Fool`s `prank` of all
time occurred when a major earthquake occurred about 100
miles south of Unimak Island, the closest of the Aleutian
Chain to the Alaska Peninsula.The earthquake, the
moment magnitude of which was 8.6, generated a
Pacific-wide tsunami that struck the south shores of
Unimak Island in about 50 minutes.  Reaching a hideous
height around 115 feet, the tsunami obliterated the newly
built Scotch Cap Lighthouse that was constructed of steel
reinforced concrete.  All five crew were killed.   The
tsunami reached the Hawaiian Islands in 4.5 hours where
it reached heights that ranged greatly from 25 to 55 feet
along the northeast shores of the Big Island.  In Hilo,
159 were killed and the entire waterfront was destroyed.
Just northwest of Hilo, in Laupahoehoe, a school was
completely destroyed where 24 more were killed.   Waves
10-15 feet high slammed into the Pacific Northwest Coast
from Washington to Northern California.  The tsunami was
so powerful that waves reached heights of 30 feet when
they struck French Polynesia.  Many boats were damaged or
destroyed as far away as the coast of Chile.

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