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roads opened. When Interstate-29 was opened, there was a log jam of vehicles for 3 miles. One Watertown policeman said he has never seen a log jam as bad as this in 28 years. Area airports were closed or flights were canceled or delayed. The mail was delayed for several days, most activities were canceled or postponed, and many schools closed on the 6th. The heavy snowfall from this storm brought the widespread snowpack up to 2 to 5 feet. For the winter season so far, the area had record snowfall and record cold. Some of the snowfall amounts include, 6 inches at Mclaughlin, 8 inches 22 SSW Keldron and 4 NW Onida, 9 inches at Pollock, Timber Lake, Highmore, Mobridge, and Kennebec, 10 inches at Castlewood, Clear Lake, Miller, Fort Thompson, and Clark. Snowfall amounts of 1 to over 2 feet include, 12 inches at Eureka, and Redfield, 13 inches at Selby and Aberdeen, 14 inches at Pierre and Roscoe, 15 inches at Ortonville MN,16 inches at Mellette and Browns Valley, MN 18 inches at Faulkton and 1 ENE Stephan, 20 inches at Webster, 22 inches at Britton, 24 inches at Sisseton, 26 inches 10 NW Britton, and 27 inches at Wheaton.
• 1777: An overnight freeze enabled George Washington and his troops to flank the British at Trenton, cross their lines at Princeton, and seek security in the hills of northern New Jersey.
• 1913: The U.S. land record for the lowest barometric pressure in a non-tropical storm in the Lower 48 was set at Canton, NY: 28.20 inches.
• 1949: Up to two feet of snow propelled by 70mph winds caused the deaths of tens of thousands of sheep and cattle from the Central Rockies to the High Plains. Snow drifts reached 30 feet high. Meanwhile, tornadoes up to F4 strength were raking Kansas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. An F4 tornado killed 55 people on the northeast side of Warren, AR.
• 2000: At 4:10pm an F3 tornado ripped through Owensboro, KY with winds of 180 mph. A dozen buildings at Kentucky Wesleyan College were damaged.
• 2002: An ice storm struck Atlanta, canceling thousands of flights. The storm was caused by a low pressure system that developed over the Gulf of Mexico, crossed northern Florida, and then headed up the East Coast.