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In 1931, an incredibly late snowstorm struck the Western Plains. Tribune, Kansas received 8 inches of snow. The snowstorm caused a sharp temperature spike. Four days before the storm, the high in Tribune was 90. On the day of the "winter" storm, the high was 37. On the 22nd, after plunging to a low of 27, temperatures sky rocketed to around 85. On the 23rd, the high hit 91. Garden City also received heavy snow but the amount is unknown.

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In 1989, extremely powerful severe thunderstorms moved southeast from the Central Plains to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas throughout the day and night. Only four tornadoes were reported, but there were 243 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Hail reached the size of baseballs in parts of South Central Kansas, while destructive winds reached a nasty 98 mph in Johnson City Kansas, located in Stanton County.

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