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On this date in weather history.
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IN 1987, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG A COLD

FRONT FROM MINNESOTA TO TEXAS.	IOWA WAS HIT PARTICULARLY

HARD...SUFFERING AROUND $10 MILLION IN CROP DAMAGE.  IN

NORTHEAST IOWA...LAPORTE CITY WAS BOMBARDED BY BASEBALL

SIZED HAIL AND IN NORTHWEST IOWA...80 MPH WINDS WHIPPED

THROUGH THE TOWN OF LAURENS.  MEANWHILE KANSAS CITY WAS

RIPPED BY 75 MPH WINDS.  IN 1988, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

STRUCK THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.  AN F2 TORNADO STRUCK

SOUTHWEST AMARILLO...CAUSING AROUND $300,000 DAMAGE WHILE

MUCH OF THE AREA WAS DELUGED BY 5 INCHES OF RAIN.  SOME

ROADS WERE FLOODED TO DEPTHS OF 5 FEET AND LEFT LAWRENCE

LAKE 1 MILE OUT OF ITS BANKS.