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On This Day In Weather History - July 6

Local


1986   Showers and thunderstorms deluged the area with torrential rain during the morning hours. The 5.08 inch total at KCI is the highest for any day in July.


National


1985   Lightning struck a large transformer in Salt Lake City, UT sending a 200 foot fireball into the air and blacking out most of the state for almost 5 hours.

1893   Storm Lake and Pomeroy, IA were hit by an F5 tornado. 71 were killed and 80% of the homes in Pomeroy were destroyed.