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      • The Blizzard of 1949 is considered one of the worst on record for the northern Plains. The first storm began January 2 and continued through January 5, with heavy snow, strong winds and cold temperatures. Subsequent storms through mid-February produced enormous snow drifts that paralyzed much of the region.
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  3. www.wyohistory.org › notorious-blizzard-1949The Notorious Blizzard of 1949 | WyoHistory.org

    Mar 14, 2015 · The blizzard started on Sunday Jan. 2, 1949 and proved the worst of the century. The first storm would be followed by two more months of snow and bitter cold. The National Weather Service eventually reported 12 people dead in Wyoming after the first storm. Twenty-eight more died in western South Dakota, Colorado and Nebraska.

  4. www.weather.gov › unr › 1949-01January 1949 Blizzard - National Weather Service

    The Blizzard of 1949 is considered one of the worst on record for the northern Plains. The first storm began January 2 and continued through January 5, with heavy snow, strong winds and cold temperatures. Subsequent storms through mid-February produced enormous snow drifts that paralyzed much of the region.

  5. starherald.com › news › localRemembering the Blizzard of 1949: Newspaper accounts ...

    Jan 2, 2024. 6 min to read. 1 of 6. It was Nebraska that fell victim to some of the country’s more intense weather during the winter of 1949 — one of the worst on record for the Cornhusker...

  6. kgfw.com › 2024/01/02 › nebraskas-1949-blizzardNebraska’s 1949 blizzard lives in infamy as state catastrophe

    Jan 2, 2024 · NEBRASKA — It was one of the worst blizzards the Great Plains had ever seen, some consider it to be the worst blizzard of the century. The blizzard of 1948-49 was not a single storm, but a series that lasted from December 1948 to January 1949, with the worst portion occurring Jan. 2 through Jan. 5.

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  8. nptelegraph.com › news › localReporter in 1949 saw Blizzard of ’49’s ravages above, below

    Apr 16, 2024 · Jan. 8, 1949: Three days after the worst blizzard in recent western Nebraska history, rural Lincoln County is still a vast, snowbound wilderness.

  9. www.wyomingnews.com › laramieboomerang › newsWhat America learned from the sweeping Great Plains blizzards ...

    Feb 7, 2024 · GILLETTE — Seventy-five years later, the blizzards of 1949 remain one of the worst recorded storms that have ever crossed the northern Great Plains. Reports tally more than 70 people who died...

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  11. www.wyomingnews.com › rocketminer › the-blizzard-ofThe Blizzard of '49: County fought the worst winter storm 75 ...

    Jan 11, 2024 · SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum recently recognized the 75th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1949; it was one of the worst on record for Wyoming and the northern...

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