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In 1987, a winter storm hit the South Central United States. Oklahoma was hit especially hard as Oklahoma City received around 8 inches of snow, their highest total since 1948. Snowfall totals in Oklahoma reached 13 inches at Gage with drifts 5 FEET HIGH. Roof collapses across the state resulted in around $7 million damage. && In 1857, a winter storm swept the East Coast as temperatures fell to near zero from Virginia northward. Around 1 foot of snow buried much of the region. Richmond, Virginia was cut off from Washington D.C. for a week.

 


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