Aug 30, 2020

This Day in Weather History: It was chilly in Salina in 1915

Posted Aug 30, 2020 7:18 PM

Following is Weather History for Sunday, August 30, 2020, from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Wichita:

In 2003, tragedy struck the Kansas Turnpike, when the deadly Jacob Creek Flash Flood inundated a one quarter mile section of the interstate, 12 miles southwest of Emporia. Seven vehicles were swept off the turnpike. One was a minivan with a family of six, of which five perished. A sixth fatality resulted when a man's vehicle stalled.

In 1915, the temperature in Salina plunged to 42 degrees to set a record low for the city in the month of August.