1984: A snowstorm struck northern Utah producing a record 18 inches in 24 hours at Salt Lake City, and 40 inches at the nearby Alta Ski Resort. The town of Magna, located ten miles west of Salt Lake City, did not receive any snow at all. The storm was responsible for a fifty vehicle pile-up along Interstate 15 near Farmington UT.

1971: Large balls of fire were observed just ahead of an F2 tornado moving down the main street of Wray, CO. This phenomena may be caused by dust particles gaining electrical charge as they are carried through the air by the wind.

1984: Into the 18th Salt Lake City received a record-breaking 18 inches of lake effect snow in a 24-hour period. One million dollars damage was done. The storm was responsible for a fifty vehicle pile-up along Interstate 15 near Farmington, UT.

AFTER COORDINATION WITH THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST AND LOCAL AG EXTENSION CONTACTS...NWS ABERDEEN WILL BE ENDING THE FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM FOR THE FALL SEASON.  CONSEQUENTLY...FROST ADVISORIES...FREEZE WATCHES...OR FREEZE WARNINGS WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED THIS FALL. 

ALTHOUGH NOT ALL AREAS HAVE RECIEVED A HARD FREEZE AS OF OCTOBER 15TH...WE HAVE REACHED THE STATISTICAL END OF THE GROWING SEASON.

THE FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM WILL RESUME IN SPRING 2014.