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This Day In Weather History

 
In 1989, severe thunderstorms broke out from South Dakota to Louisiana. There were 126 reports of large hail and damaging winds. In parts of South Central Nebraska, 4 inch diameter hail hammered North Platte and southeast neighboring Frontier County. This caused an unspecified millions of dollars in damage to crops. In Oklahoma, thunderstorm winds reached 90 mph in Peggs, located extreme Northeast Oklahoma. Tahlequah, Oklahoma, located around 40 miles northeast of Tulsa, was drenched by 5.25 inches of rain.