Today in Weather History
for September 11 
September 11, 1949
An early snowstorm  brought 7.5 inches to Helena MT. In Maine, a storm drenched New  Brunswick with 8.05 inches of rain in 24 hours, a state record. (The  Weather Channel)
September 11, 1961
Very large and slow  moving Hurricane Carla made landfall near Port Lavaca TX. Carla battered  the central Texas coast with wind gusts to 175 mph, and up to 16 inches  of rain, and spawned a vicious tornado which swept across Galveston  Island killing eight persons. The hurricane claimed 45 lives, and caused  300 million dollars damage. The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain  in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great  Lakes Region. (David Ludlum) (Storm Data)
September 11, 1976
Up to five inches of  rain brought walls of water and millions of tons of debris into Bullhead  City AZ via washes from elevations above 3000 feet. Flooding caused  more than three million dollars damage. Chasms up to forty feet deep  were cut across some roads. (The Weather Channel)
September 11, 1986
Thunderstorms caused  flash flooding and subsequent river flooding in central Lower Michigan.  Up to 14 inches of rain fell in a 72 hour period, and flooding caused  400 million dollars damage. (Storm Data)
September 11, 1987
Late afternoon and  evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Texas,  and spawned three tornadoes. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at  Goodnight TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
September 11, 1988
Snow blanketed parts  of the Central Rocky Mountain Region and the Central Plateau, with ten  inches reported at Mount Evans in Colorado. Smoke from forest fires in  the northwestern U.S. reached Pennsylvania and New York State. Hurricane  Gilbert, moving westward over the Carribean, was packing winds of 100  mph by the end of the day. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
September 11, 1989
Nine cities in the  north central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date,  including Havre MT with a reading of 23 degrees. Livingston MT and West  Yellowstone MT tied for honors as the cold spot in the nation with  morning lows of 17 degrees. Thunderstorms produced hail over the Sierra  Nevada Range of California, with two inches reported on the ground near  Donner Summit. The hail made roads very slick, resulting in a twenty car  accident. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)