Tornado Reports - 8/14/08

NEWS STORIES
Tornado Hits Brown County Fairgrounds (American News, Aberdeen, SD)
Possible Tornado does damage in Miami-Dade (CBS 4, Miami)

6:33 PM CDT
Tornado Warning for Barnes and Steele counties in North Dakota.

6:04 PM CDT
Tornado Warning for LaMoure County in North Dakota. Possible tornado east of Grand Rapids, ND.

5:25 PM CDT
Tornado Warning for Elbert and Lincoln counties in Colorado.

5:20 PM CDT
Tornado Warning for Ransom County in North Dakota. Spotters have reported a funnel cloud near Ft. Ransom at 5:17 PM CDT.

4:56 PM CDT
Tornado Warning for Hyde county in South Dakota. Local Law Enforcement reported a Torndao 11 miles south of Highmore moving SW at 6 MPH.

2:53 PM EDT
Tornado Warning for Miami-Dade county in Florida. A funnel was reported by the public near Hialeah around 2:30 PM EDT.

Today In Weather History
1987 - Slow moving thunderstorms deluged northern and western suburbs of Chicago IL with torrential rains. O'Hare Airport reported 9.35 inches in 18 hours, easily exceeding the previous 24 hour record of 6.24 inches. Flooding over a five day period resulted in 221 million dollars damage. It was Chicago's worst flash flood event, particularly for northern and western sections of the city. Kennedy Expressway became a footpath for thousands of travelers to O'Hare Airport as roads were closed. The heavy rains swelled the Des Plaines River above flood stage, and many persons had to be rescued from stalled vehicles on flooded roads. (13th- 14th) (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel)