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Weather in History (02/16/14)

Posted 11:37 PM, Feb 16, 2014
and last updated 6:52 PM, Feb 16, 2014

On this day in weather history in 1990, the southeastern United States were walloped with strong thunderstorms. These storms which developed ahead of an arctic cold front generated thirteen tornadoes, including a tornado that struck before dawn in Carrollton, GA injuring eleven people. There were over 120 reports of large hail, or damaging winds. How big exactly is a report of “large” hail? Well, Jackson, MS saw hail the size of a baseball – large enough to damage cars and break windows.