Today's Weather Trivia

Today's Date is Thursday April 30, 2026...\n ON... Apr 30, 1852 A tornado, following the same track as the famous "Tri-state Tornado" of 1925, struck the town of New Harmony IN. Just 16 persons were killed by the twister, due to the sparse settlement. The "Tri-state Tornado" killed 695 persons. IN 1972...A tornado moved northeast from 12 miles west to 17 miles northeast of Jetmore. Homes and outbuildings on 16 farms were damaged or destroyed. A farm home and all outbuildings, 7 miles northeast of Jetmore, were demolished. IN 1978...Thunderstorms in the afternoon hours dumped torrential rainfall in the Dodge City area. Over 4 and a half inches fell in Dodge City with reports of 8 to 14 inches in the vicinity of Willroads Gardens south to near Bloom. Flash flooding resulted but no deaths occurred. IN 1993...Golf ball to baseball size hail fell across the north part of Dodge City late in the afternoon. Over a million dollars damage occurred from the hail. IN 1994...A semi-trailer was blown over by strong thunderstorm winds on highway 83 about 8 miles north of Garden City. A roof was blown off a mobile home about 2 miles south of Garden City. IN 2017...An intense upper storm moved from the Four Corners region and interacted with unseasonably cold air to produce a major blizzard across western Kansas with snowfall amounts of 12 to 24 inches common. Cattle loss across western Kansas was estimated to be as many as 100,000 head. One electric company alone had around 75 million dollars in damages to its infrastructure. This unusual late spring storm was made more destructive by the weight of the snow, since it was very wet and driven by 50 to 60 mph wind gusts. All roads across the western fourth of the state were closed and impassable for 1 to 2 days.