NOUS43 KGLD 201200
PNSGLD
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 AM MST TUE JAN 20 2009
...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...
IN 1886...AN ATCHISON...TOPEKA AND SANTA FE WEST BOUND PASSENGER
TRAIN BECAME SNOWBOUND IN KINSLEY...IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. IT WAS
FOLLOWED BY A SECOND TRAIN...A SPECIAL EXCURSION CARRYING
VACATIONERS FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO CALIFORNIA. MORE THAN 270
PASSENGERS FROM THE TWO TRAINS WERE ENTERTAINED BY THE 1500
CITIZENS OF KINSLEY FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
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