Today in Weather History
Weather History for April 20 |
1920 Tornadoes struck Mississippi and Alabama, killing 219 people. One F4 touched down in eastern Mississippi and then stayed on the ground for 130 miles, tearing through Marion, Franklin, and Colbert Counties in Alabama. Another F4 destroyed homes in the communities of Gurley and Brownsboro. |
1990 Lightning struck a building housing a fish farm in Arkansas, killing 10,000 pounds of fish. |
Data courtesy of the National Weather Service |