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In 2008, a band of heavy snow buried a track around 90 miles wide across North and Northeast Texas. Lasting 3 or 4 hours that afternoon, the winter storm produced a sharp accumulation gradient that ranged from 2 to 12 inches. Denton, located 22 miles north of Dallas, received 7 inches, while only an inch was measured at Dallas Fort Worth Airport. The one foot accumulation overwhelmed Sherman, located on the Red River 65 miles north of Dallas. Thunderstorms occurred with the heaviest snowfall. No doubt, this was an extraordinary, intense, rare event for these areas, especially in March.

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Now this truly was a 'snow job'. In 1990, Colorado's most powerful winter storm of the season overwhelmed the Foot Hills with 2 to 4 feet of snow. Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph, with gusts that reached 58 mph, resulted in a blizzard that whipped the snow into 3 to 4 foot drifts throughout the Denver area. Hundreds of rush hour commuters were stranded on Highway 36 between Denver and Boulder. Among those stranded was the Governor. Drifts reached 12 feet just southeast of Boulder.
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