From NWS
1953: A tornado produced F5 damage in Cass and Adair counties killing one person and injuring two others as it cut a 10 mile path across rural areas. Several weaker tornadoes also struck southwestern and southern Iowa, injuring three more people.
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27 June 1953 → A tornado produced F5 damage in Cass and Adair counties in Iowa killing one person and injuring two others as it cut a 10 mile path across rural areas. A board was driven into a tree. |
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27 June 1957 → Hurricane Audrey crossed the coastline just west of Cameron, LA as a Category 4. The hurricane underwent extreme intensification just prior to landfall with the central pressure falling from 973 to 930 millibars in only 5 hours. Sustained winds reached 150 mph and a 12 foot storm surge flooded the bayou areas. 381 people were killed and the total damage was over 150 million dollars. |
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27 June 1978 → Volunteer firefighters in Quebec responded to what they believed to be a forest fire. However, when they arrived at the scene they found that the smoke kept moving away from them. It was then that they realized they were chasing a tornado. |
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27 June 2011 → A heat burst from dying thunderstorms caused the temperature at Owensboro, KY to shoot up from the 80s to 102 degrees. |
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This post was written by Schnack on June 27, 2012
