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 rain showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 105. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northeast wind 2 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 86, with temperatures falling to around 82 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 3 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Palmetto Bluff
(6.8 miles away)
Tocoi
(9.2 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
Armstrong is an unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida, United States, located off State Road 207. It was established in 1886 and became an African American community along a rail line. Potatoes and turpentine were among the products produced commercially in the area.
Armstrong is the location of the Saint Johns County Fairgrounds, though the fairgrounds lists their address as being in nearby Elkton.
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