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On May 31 of that same year, another outbreak affected the Oklahoma City area, including an EF1 and an EF0 within the city and a tornado several miles west of the city that was 2.6 miles (4.2 km) in width, the widest tornado ever recorded, and it, as was the May 3, 1999 F5, was one of the most powerful tornadoes on record.
The wettest year on record for a Florida climate station was during 1879 when 127.24 inches (3,232 mm) fell at Pensacola, Florida. [24] The driest year for a climate station statewide was during 1974 when only 19.99 inches (508 mm) fell at Key West. [25]
On March 28, 2000, the “Fort Worth Tornado” impacted Dallas's neighbor Fort Worth's downtown, and a tornado in Arlington, Texas also occurred that day damaging some homes. Four people died in Fort Worth as a result of the tornado. [17] That day was the Metroplex's most damaging tornado outbreak since the 1957 event.
Fort Behavioral Health has reopened after a 30-day shutdown, but some former staff say it’s still “extremely unsafe” for children living at the facility, a Star-Telegram investigation finds.
The Commission, in turn, appoints the Director of Rehabilitation Services to serve as the chief executive officer of the Department. The current Director of Rehabilitation Services is Melinda Fruendt who was appointed by the Commission on November 5, 2018. [1] [2] The Department was established in 1993 during the term of Governor David Walters
The U.S. Weather Bureau created the Central Oklahoma forecast office on November 1, 1890; it was originally based in Oklahoma City at the Overholser Opera House, on the southeast corner of Robinson Avenue and Grand Boulevard in the city's downtown district. Twelve years later, the Weather Bureau relocated the Oklahoma City office's operations ...
Cumulus clouds building over the Tampa Convention Center on a summer afternoon. The warm and rainy season typically begins in late May and runs through October. [5] Average high temperatures are in the low 90s °F (around 32 °C) with lows in the mid-70s °F (around 24 °C) during this period, and the combination of warm temperatures and high humidity brings an almost daily chance of rain and ...
Much of the year's 61.9 inches (1,570 mm) of rainfall occurs during this period. Extreme temperatures range from 27 F [ 3 ] on February 3, 1917, [ 4 ] to 100 °F on July 21, 1942, (−2.8 to 38 °C), the only triple-digit (°F) reading on record; [ 5 ] the more recent freezing temperature seen at Miami International Airport was on December 25 ...