324 ABUS1 KWBC 010121 NWX1 NWX1 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 830 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 1995 THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY WILL BE THE FINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS IS PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/S PLAN TO TRANSFER ITS TAILORED WEATHER SERVICES TO THE PRIVATE METEOROLOGICAL SECTOR. TO ACCESS HISTORICAL WEATHER INFORMATION VIA THE INTERNET...LOG ONTO THE NSSFC HOME PAGE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AWC-KC.NOAA.GOV -- AFTER SUCCESSFULLY LOGGING ONTO THE HOME PAGE...SELECT THE INFO ICON AND GO TO WXFACTS. ***THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE OVER THE NATION/S MID SECTION*** ***ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY*** ***TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE NATION*** ***HISTORICAL WEATHER INFORMATION*** ***THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE OVER THE NATION/S MID SECTION*** A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...SWEPT ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES TODAY...AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLED OVR THE NATION/S MID SECTION...FROM NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA... THROUGH KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INTO MINNESOTA...WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR AMERY WI THIS AFTERNOON. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM DIMES TO GOLFBALLS AT OR NEAR LOWDEN IA...EAGAN MN...MAIDEN ROCK MN... MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN... HOLDENVILLE OK...ONETA OK... CROOKS SD...WALL LAKE SD...AND BARRON WI. THUNDERSTORM WINDS KNOCKED DOWN TREES...TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES NEAR ARCOLA MO...BATES CITY MO...CARROLLTON MO...FAIR PLAY MO...HUNTSVILLE MO...LEES SUMMIT MO...LINCOLN MO...ASHLAND NEB...LINCOLN NEB... AND WEST OMAHA NEB. SOME RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 PM CDT INCLUDE... LOCATION AMOUNT - INCHES ALEXANDRIA MN 3.49 HIBBING MN 2.41 GOLD BAR WA 1.40 HUTCHINSON KS 1.21 DULUTH WI 1.17 GRAND MARAIS MN 1.15 ***ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY*** HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS BROUGHT MOSTLY DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS OVER THESE TWO REGIONS...HOWEVER A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED NEAR A STATIONARY FRONT OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA...NORTHERN FLORIDA AND ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COAST. RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES AS THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. CASPER WY RECORDED 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY...SEPTEMBER 29TH...SETTING A NEW DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD. THE OLD RECORD OF 0.36 INCHES WAS SET IN 1961. YESTERDAY/S DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 0.47 INCHES AT CHEYENNE WY BEAT THE PREVIOUS RECORD BY 0.01 OF AN INCH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.46 INCHES WAS LAST SET IN 1943. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS HAVE PRODUCED MINOR FLOODING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KAUAI HI. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1.30 INCHES AT WAINIHA HI AND 1.41 INCHES AT HANALEI HI WERE RECEIVED FROM THE LOCAL POLICE. THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RISE AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. ***TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE NATION*** THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY...WAS 16 DEGREES AT RUTH NV. OTHER LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S OVER MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND...TO THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THE OVERNIGHT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ONLY DROPPED INTO THE LOW AND MID 70S OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA...DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA...AND THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE IN THE NATION TODAY...WAS 97 DEGREES AT MONROVIA AND THERMAL CA. ***HISTORICAL WEATHER INFORMATION*** ON THIS DATE IN 1970...A NINETEEN MONTH DROUGHT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REACHED ITS CLIMAX. THE DROUGHT...WHICH MADE BRUSH AND BUILDINGS TINDER DRY...SET UP THE WORST FIRE CONDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY...AS SANTA ANNA WINDS SENT THE TEMPERATURE SOARING TO 105 DEGREES AT LOS ANGELES CA...AND TO 97 DEGREES AT SAN DIEGO CA. DURING THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER...ENTIRE COMMUNITIES OF INTERIOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY CA WERE CONSUMED BY FIRE. ONE HALF MILLION ACRES WERE BURNED...AND THE FIRES CAUSED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE. IN 1987...AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN MICHIGAN PRODUCED HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AT PICKNEY...AND WIND GUSTS TO 68 MPH AT WYANDOTTE. A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN INDIANA GENERATED SNOW AT SOUTH BEND IND. SEVEN CITIES IN THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. REPORTED RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATE...INCLUDING READINGS OF 98 DEGREES AT MEDFORD ORE AND 101 DEGREES AT DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO CA. ON OCTOBER 1 1989...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S...THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND EVENING HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED ELEVEN TORNADOES...WITH SEVEN OF THOSE TORNADOES OVER GEORGIA. A TWISTERS SOUTHWEST OF MOULTRIE GA KILLED TWO PERSONS AND INJURED A DOZEN OTHERS. TORNADOES ALSO INJURED ONE PERSON NORTH OF GRACEVILLE FL...AND TWO PEOPLE AT BARTOW GA. KURT VAN SPEYBROECK NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER