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On This Day In Weather History - April 2

Local


1926   Kansas City was covered with 4.7 inches of snow. About a foot and a half of snow fell the last five days of March and the first two days on April in 1926.


National


1982   Severe thunderstorms touched off 56 tornadoes in the central U.S. An F5 multiple vortex tornado traveled 53 miles from Speer to Broken Bow in southeast Oklahoma. It was the first U.S. F5 tornado after a five year drought.

2002   Tornado hit eastern India killing at least 9 people and flattening nearly 900 homes.