Friday,  March 14, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 241 • 8 of 36

Today in Weather History

1989: A fast moving winter storm produced freezing rain and heavy snow across most of South Dakota. Visibilities were reduced to 100 ft within areas of blowing snow. Driving conditions became treacherous, resulting in abandoned vehicles, several accidents, and the temporary closing of I-29 from Sioux Falls to the North Dakota border.

1990: Heavy Snow fell across parts of southwest, central, and north central South Dakota from the late afternoon on the 13th into the morning hours of the 14th. Highest accumulations were recorded in the north-central part of the state, including 9 inches at Gettysburg, 8 inches at Pollock, and 5 inches at Pine Ridge.

1933: An F3 tornado passed directly across the city of Nashville, TN, causing about $2 million (1933) in damage.

1993: A blizzard known as "The Storm of the Century" affected the eastern United States yesterday into today. Record snowfalls paralyzed Georgia, Tennessee, and the Appalachians. Winds pushed snowdrifts 10 to 14 feet high in Tennessee and Pennsylvania. More than four and a half feet of snow fell on Mount LeConte, Tennessee. Eastern Kentucky was also hard hit.

2010: From the 13th to the 15th wind gusts to hurricane force buffeted the Northeast, along with up to 10 inches of torrential rains. The hardest hit area was from northern New Jersey to eastern Massachusetts. The Pawtuxet River in Rhode Island and Shawsheen River in Massachusetts set new record high stages. In New York City, Central Park received nearly five inches of rain, and winds gusted to 75mph at JFK Airport.

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