The Nation - News from Sept. 12, 1989

Northern sections of the West and Midwest got a taste of winter as light snow fell across higher elevations of the eastern Rockies in Colorado, including up to half an inch in Woodland Park, Colo. Snow also fell in Minot, N.D. Low-temperature records were broken or tied in nine cities. Frost or freeze advisories were issued for much of the Dakotas and Nebraska. In Northern and Eastern Texas, thunderstorms dumped 2 3/4 inches of rain north of Abilene in just 90 minutes. Abilene itself reported 3.14 inches of rain while Dallas received 1.3 inches. The storms produced gusts up to 35 m.p.h. in Waco and winds that tore off tree limbs in Carlsbad, Tex. Hail fell in Temple and Jefferson County, Okla. New record low temperature readings included the 26-degree reading in Glasgow, Mont., 1 degree lower than the record for the date set in 1955, and 27 degrees in Casper, Wyo., where the old mark of 33 degrees was set in 1974.