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The Work Week will Begin with Unsettled Weather from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes

Unsettled weather is forecast to continue through the first half of the work week from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes as a frontal system moves through. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding will be possible each day. Meanwhile, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected across the Southwest and California, with isolated flash flooding possible. Read More >

Armistice Day Storm:  Media Accounts

Jeff Boyne, NWS La Crosse, WI

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Media Accounts Personal Accounts Photos Aftermath Computer Simulation Acknowledgements


Iowa

 

November 11, 1940

  • Oelwein - Oelwein Daily Register - page 1 

November 12, 1940

  • Algona - The Algona Upper Des Moines - page 1
  • Ames - Ames Daily Tribute - page 1 & page 3
  • Fairfield - Fairfield Daily Ledger - page 1 & page 12
  • Mason City - Mason City Globe Gazette - page 1
  • Oelwein - Oelwein Daily Register - page 1 & page 3

November 13, 1940

  • Mason City - Mason City Globe Gazette - page 1
  • Muscatine - The Muscatine Journal - page 1
  • Oelwein - Oelwein Daily Register - page 1, page 3, & page 7
  • Postville - Postville Herald - page 1

Minnesota

 

November 11, 1940

  • Albert Lea - The Evening Tribute - page 1
  • Brainerd - The Brainard Daily Dispatch - page 1
  • Moorhead - Moorhead Daily News - page 1 & page 8 

November 12, 1940

  • Brainerd - The Brainard Daily Dispatch - page 1
  • Moorhead - Moorhead Daily News - page 1 & page 8 
  • Winona - Winona Republican Herald - full paper

November 13, 1940

  • Albert Lea - The Evening Tribute - page 1
  • Winona - Winona Republican Herald - full paper

Wisconsin

 

November 11, 1940

November 12, 1940

November 13, 1940