This Day in Weather History

On This Day In Weather History - February 21
Local
1935	After a high of 75 degrees at the Municipal Airport, the temperature began to fall and plunged to 40 degrees by midnight.
National
1998	A storm system in south central Texas moved in from the west, causing a round of severe weather for the area, including flooding, hail, and damaging winds. Luckily no tornadoes were reported.
1971	An F5 tornado that touched down in Madison Parish, LA killed 10 people in Louisiana and then another 36 in Mississippi. An hour later, an F4 tornado killed 58 and injured 700 between Vicksburg and Oxford, MS.