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The Evening Times
Washington, District Of Columbia
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A massive blizzard swept through Nebraska and the Midwest on Feb. 8, bringing heavy snow, high winds, and rapidly falling temperatures, endangering livestock. Impacts reported in Iowa, Dakotas, and Northwest, with extreme cold in multiple locations.
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A Storm of Huge Proportions, and
Prevailing Generally.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 8.—A blizzard of huge proportions is raging through Nebraska. Considerable snow accompanied by high winds prevails. There is great danger to live stock.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Feb. 8.—A blizzard prevails here with the temperature rapidly falling. The snow is driven by a heavy gale.
CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 8.—The predicted wave and blizzard has not yet arrived, though it is general throughout the Northwest. In the Dakotas a drop of 40 degrees in temperature was recorded in six hours, the mercury reaching 12 degrees below zero at Bismarck, 18 below at Williston and 24 below at Prince Albert, British Columbia. The storm center is in Oklahoma.
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Primary Location
Nebraska
Event Date
Feb. 8
Outcome
great danger to live stock; temperature drop of 40 degrees in six hours in the dakotas, reaching 12 degrees below zero at bismarck, 18 below at williston, and 24 below at prince albert, british columbia
Event Details
A blizzard of huge proportions raging through Nebraska with considerable snow accompanied by high winds; blizzard prevails in Sioux City, Iowa, with temperature rapidly falling and snow driven by a heavy gale; predicted wave and blizzard general throughout the Northwest, storm center in Oklahoma