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tions. Visibilities were frequently below a quarter mile with reports of whiteout conditions. In addition, Arctic air surging in resulted in the temperatures falling over 30 degrees from the late evening of the 11th to the mid afternoon of the 12th. Travel conditions were difficult, if not, impossible across the area and many schools were closed. The high winds in the blizzard also caused some damage across the area. The high winds ripped the secondary roof off the old shop building at the McIntosh school. The winds also blew down a building under construction in Pierre and ripped a part of the steel roof off the grandstand at the Sully County Fairgrounds. Some snowfall amounts included, 2 inches at McLaughlin and Onida; 3 inches at Pollock; 4 inches at Britton, Bryant, and Gettysburg. Some of the highest wind gusts included, 49 mph at Aberdeen; 55 mph at Eagle Butte and Mobridge; 56 mph at Pierre; and 63 mph 13 miles north of Vivian.

1898: A tornado outbreak swept through the Ozarks. The worst tornado was an F4 that ripped through the heart of Fort Smith, AR at 11:15pm. Fifty-two people were killed in town, including 16 in one residential block. A Fort Smith street sign was found 22 miles away.

1972: Winds raced down the eastern slopes of the Rockies, resulting in wind gusts of more than 140 mph in parts of Colorado. Damage was estimated at $25 million.

1980: A chinook at Great Falls, MT took the temperature from 28 degrees below zero to 15 degrees above zero in seven minutes.

1982: Eight hundred fans were stranded at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium following a Sunday evening hockey game after two feet of snow fell on the city.