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AWUS83 KAPX 080044
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
845 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

...SEASONABLE WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...

CHILLY AIR ALOFT AND THE HEATING OF THE DAY COMBINED FORCES WITH AN
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SOME OF THE STORMS EVEN CONTAINED BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
THERE WAS EVEN A WATER SPOUT SIGHTED 3 MILES NORTH OF ELK RAPIDS ON
THE EAST ARM OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE CLOSE
TO AVERAGE FOR THE DATE WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO MIDDLE 70S.
THE HIGHEST READING WAS 75 DEGREES IN BELLAIRE WHICH SEEMS TO BE A
COMMON PLACE WARM SPOT THIS SUMMER. THE COOLEST SPOT WAS ON DRUMMOND
ISLAND WHERE THE HIGH WAS ONLY 64 DEGREES.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT
MORE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN LATE MONDAY AND ESPECIALLY
MONDAY NIGHT WHEN HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.

ON SEPTEMBER 8TH IN WEATHER HISTORY...BACK IN 1900...THE GREATEST
WEATHER DISASTER IN U.S. RECORDS OCCURRED WHEN A HURRICANE STRUCK
GALVESTON TEXAS. A TIDE OF FIFTEEN FEET HIGH WASHED OVER THE ISLAND
DEMOLISHING OR CARRYING AWAY BUILDINGS WHILE KILLING OVER 6000
PEOPLE. WINDS TO 120 MPH AND A TWENTY FOOT TIDAL SURGE DESTROYED
OVER 3600 HOUSES. THE HURRICANE ALSO CLAIMED ANOTHER 1200 LIVES
OUTSIDE OF THE GALVESTON AREA.

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AJS