Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

This Day In Weather History

In 1982, an outbreak of 56 tornadoes ripped across the Southern Plains, of which 17 roared along the Red River Valley. There were two tornadoes that were especially violent. An F4 struck Paris, Texas, killing 10, injuring 170, and causing around $50 million damage. The second was an F5 monstrosity that roared across extreme Southeast Oklahoma, possessed a track 53 miles long and was momentarily 1.5 miles wide. Altogether 30 people were killed and 383 were injured.

In 1957, the dramatic Dallas Tornado struck the west side of "Big D" in the afternoon. Possessing a track 17 miles long but only around one tenth of a mile wide, the intense twister killed 10, injured 216, and caused around $15 million damage. Moving toward the north northwest around 30 mph, the tornado passed 2.5 miles west of downtown Dallas and lifted just three fourths of a mile west of the Weather Bureau office at Love Field. In all, 529 houses were hit, of which 131 were leveled. Due to their poor construction, the tornado only received an F3 rating. The tornado was widely filmed and photographed by around 125 people. To this day, the 16 millimeter film is of excellent quality. The tornado was one of 50 tornadoes that occurred over a two day period on the second and third.

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