1970 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
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Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Northeast wind 3 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Northeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Old Tea Kettle Creek (Daymark 173)
(2.6 miles away)
Old Tower, Sapelo Island
(3.8 miles away)
Daymark #156, Head of Mud River
(4.5 miles away)
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA and 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA
Sun's Low Temperature
28 at 2 Miles East Southeast Of Hazen, ND