The Nation - News from Nov. 17, 1988
The cold front that unleashed the fury of tornadoes on the nation’s midsection spread eastward, bringing up to 10 inches of snow, winds topping 50 m.p.h. and wind-chill readings well below zero. Twisters killed six people in Arkansas and one in Missouri, and injured dozens more in those states and in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. As the violent cold front churned eastward, midday temperatures in parts of Kansas and Missouri were 30 to 40 degrees lower than they had been the day before, and ma1853431905the season, the National Weather Service said.
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