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In 1888, an intense winter storm moved from the Dakotas to Texas in just 24 hours, spawning a severe blizzard across the Great Plains. The severe blizzard proved deadly as around 200 pioneers perished in the storm. Below zero temperatures and huge drifts killed tens of thousands of cattle. In 1982, the Deep South was walloped by a winter storm. Freezing rain, sleet and snow occurred from Texas to South Carolina. A few areas received around a phenomenal 4 FEET OF SNOW.

 


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