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Local Weather History For October 31st...
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1972: An early-season ice storm struck the northern South Plains and the eastern half of the Panhandle this Halloween.
Light rain that began falling in the Panhandle and South Plains on the night of the 30th turned to freezing rain and sleet early on Halloween coating trees, utility wires, cars, and roads with a sheath of ice. The worst ice accumulated in the eastern Panhandle where as much as four inches built up on exterior objects leaving some residents without power for up to several days. The northern South Plains fared better, with power outages lasting for only a portion of the morning hours. |