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                   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS

                          INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
                                  OCTOBER

1.  1977  NORTHEAST OF CORYDON...AT 800 AM A TORNADO TOUCHED
          DOWN KILLING KILLING ONE MAN AND INJURING HIS WIFE.

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5.  1910  EVANSVILLE...THE GREATEST SINGLE DAY RAINFALL ON RECORD
          FOR THE CITY OCCURS WHEN 6.50 INCHES IS RECORDED.

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8.  1992  4 TORNADOES IN THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST STRIKE...
          INCLUDING 1 WHICH SHUT DOWN THE FORT WAYNE AIRPORT WHEN
          WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT IN THE CONTROL TOWER.

9.  1925  INDIANAPOLIS...THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR THE
          CITY FALLS...A TRACE AMOUNT.
    1971  FORT WAYNE...THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD
          FOR THE CITY OCCURRED WHEN 1.9 INCHES WAS RECORDED.

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11. 1954  FRANKLIN...AT 215 PM A TORNADO STRUCK THE WESTERN EDGE
          OF TOWN KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING 10 MORE.

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17. 1988  NEAR LIBERTYVILLE AND UNIVERSAL...A TORNADO INJURES 4.

18. 1988  CONNERSVILLE...HIGH WINDS BLEW DOWN A WALL AT THE FORD
          ELECTRICAL PLANT.
    1989  INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD EARLIEST MEASURABLE FALL SNOWFALL
          OCCURS WHEN 0.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.

19. 1989  A RECORD OCTOBER SNOWFALL OCCURS FOR THE NORTH AND
          CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE...AS UP TO 10.5 INCHES FELL IN
          KOKOMO.  9.3 INCHES FELL IN INDIANAPOLIS...8.8 INCHES IN
          SOUTH BEND...AND 6.4 INCHES IN FORT WAYNE.

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30. 1993  A RECORD OCTOBER SNOWFALL IN THE SOUTH FELL ON THE
          29TH-30TH...INCLUDING UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST.

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