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The 6 lost Hurricane Hunter missions, Part IV: Hurricane Janet, 1955
Posted: 9:07 AM EDT on July 10, 2009
The only Atlantic Hurricane Hunter flight to go down occurred on September 26, 1955. Snowcloud Five, a U.S. Navy P2V Neptune weather reconnaissance airplane flying out of Guantanamo, Cuba, was lost in Hurricane Janet, 300 miles southwest of Jamaica. Snowcloud Five was part of the Airborne Early Warning Squadron Four (VW-4), based at the Jacksonville, Florida Naval Air Stat
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Shaun Tanner
Weather Underground midday recap for Sunday, July 12, 2009. A cold front moved through the Northeast and into the Atlantic Ocean, allowing precipitation to diminish. A healthy dose of precipitation accompanied this cold front as it swept through the region.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed in parts of the Southeast in the afternoon as hot temperatures and the sun allowed for significant thunderstorm development.
The Southern Plains remained quite warm, warranting Heat Advisories for another day.
A low pressure system along the Northwest coast allowed some scattered showers to develop in Washington and Oregon.
A very powerful line of thunderstorms tracked through the Central Plains, creating damaging winds and large hail from South Dakota through Missouri.
The Northeast rose into the 70s and 80s, while the Southeast and the Southern Plains saw temperatures in the 80s, 90s and 100s. The Northwest rose into the 70s and 80s.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Sunday have ranged from a morning low of 35 degrees at Crane Lake, Minn. to a midday high of 113 degrees at Needles, Calif.
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On this date in 1993, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the Sea of Japan triggered a large tsunami. Waves up to 90 feet tall swept away people and buildings. While 239 people died, a far more major diaster was avoided due to the Japan Meteorological Agency's timely warnings to residents and businesses.
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