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KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091600-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013

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

IN 1917...OLD MAN WINTER AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOW MAN
WREAKED HAVOC OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY.  A
SEVERE BLIZZARD BURIED BUFFALO...NY WITH AROUND 25 INCHES
THAT...WITH WINDS OF 75 TO 80 MPH...PRODUCED DRIFTS 10 TO
15 FEET HIGH IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AROUND 25
INCHES BURIED VEVAY WHERE DRIFTS REACHED 14 FEET BY THE
16TH...PEOPLE COULD WALK ACROSS AN OBVIOUSLY FROZEN OHIO
RIVER FROM VEVAY TO KENTUCKY.

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