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The "Long Storm" dropped 18 inches of snow at New York City. 30 to 36 inches of snow fell in New Hampshire and Maine. The snow fell for 3 days, from the 19th to the 21st. A long, severe winter followed.
1967
Excessive rains fell in southern California with 14 inches in the mountains and 7.96 inches in downtown Los Angeles. Severe local flooding and damaging mudslides occurred. It was labeled the "worst since 1934".
1985
Hurricane Kate made landfall at Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle with sustained winds near 100 mph. This was the sixth landfalling hurricane to strike the U.S. coast in 1985 -- an all-time record.
1992
A powerful storm system traversing central Texas set off severe thunderstorms which spawned 6 tornadoes within 70 minutes in the Houston Metropolitan area. At one time, there was 3 tornadoes on the ground at the same time in Harris county. The strongest tornado of this group (F4) tracked 20 miles through the eastern suburbs of Houston and destroyed over 200 homes and damaged over 1000. Beginning in the late evening and and into early morning hours of the 22nd, 23 tornadoes struck Mississippi and Alabama. An F4 tornado killed 12 people on a 128 mile track through 7 counties in Mississippi.
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