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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
601 AM CST WED DEC 3 2003

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

IN 1856, A SEVERE BLIZZARD RAGED FOR THREE DAYS IN KANSAS
AND IOWA.  PORTIONS OF IOWA RECEIVED UP TO 16 INCHES OF
SNOW.  THE EARLY PIONEERS SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY.  IN
1952, A REMARKABLE DISPLAY OF SEA SMOKE WAS SEEN IN THE
HONG KONG HARBOR.  THIS WAS CAUSED BY AN ARCTIC AIR MASS,
RUSHING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATER OF THE KOWLOWN
BAY.  THE AIR TEMPERATURE NEAR THE WATER WAS A BALMY 44
DEGREES.  

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