Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

Armistice Day Storm: Media Accounts

Jeff Boyne, NWS La Crosse, WI

Main Page		Weather Pattern	Sea Level Pressure	Winds		Snowfall	Marine
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

Racine - The Racine Journal-Times - page 1 & page 15
Sheboygan - The Sheboygan Press - page 1 & page 15

November 12, 1940

Appleton - Appleton Post Crescent - page 1 & page 7
Madison - Madison Capital Times - page 1 & page 6
Madison - Madison State Journal - page 1
Manitowoc - Manitowoc Herald Times - page 1 & page 13
Oshkosh - Oskosh Daily Northwestern - page 1 & page 7
Racine - The Racine Journal-Times - page 1 & page 7

November 13, 1940

Madison - Madison Capital Times - page 1 & page 8
Oshkosh - Oskosh Daily Northwestern - page 1 & page 1 3
Sheboygan - The Sheboygan Press - page 1 & page 17

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