1947 - The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleans, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches. The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage. It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall over Fort Lauderdale FL two days earlier.
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Day: Mostly sunny. High near 83, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. North wind around 0 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. East wind around 0 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 84. South wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Thu's High Temperature
102 at 4 Miles South-southwest Of Redding, CA
Fri's Low Temperature
24 at 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO
Monteagle is a town in Franklin, Grundy, and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Cumberland Plateau region of the southeastern part of the state. The population was 1,238 at the 2000 census – 804 of the town's 1,238 residents (64.9%) lived in Grundy County, 428 (34.6%) in Marion County, and 6 (0.5%) in Franklin County. The population at the 2020 census was 1,393.
The Marion County portion of Monteagle is part of the Chattanooga–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Franklin County portion is part of the Tullahoma, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Monteagle is famous for the treacherous stretch of Interstate 24 that passes through the town. It is here that the highway passes over what is colloquially referred to as "The Monteagle" or "Monteagle Mountain", a section of the southern Cumberland Plateau which is a major landmark on the road between Chattanooga and Nashville. The interstate regularly shuts down in inclement weather, routing traffic onto U.S. Route 41. In the Jerry Reed song "The Legend", which is the opening track in the film Smokey and the Bandit, Reed tells the story of the Bandit miraculously surviving brake failure on the "Monteagle Grade". There is also a song called "Monteagle Mountain" by Johnny Cash on the album Boom Chicka Boom.
The town is home to DuBose Conference Center and the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly. The Highlander Folk School, long involved in the labor movement and the civil rights movement, was located here from 1932 to 1961. Rosa Parks attended workshops there shortly before the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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