From the December 30, 1982 edition of The Wayne Herald
Blizzard rips Wayne area
Wayne area residents continued digging out Wednesday from winter's first major northeast Nebraska storm.
The blizzard dumped 10 or more inches of snow in the Wayne area as winds gusting to more than 60 mph pushed the icy blast through the Upland Plains states, halting traffic, knocking out power and shutting down area communities.
Power interruptions in Wayne were intermittent, but Carroll and Winside reported extended outages.
Coming on the heels of a snowstorm that blew itself out over Christmas weekend, Monday night's snowy blast belted the area only one week into the official winter season. The storm, which whipped up a wind chill that hovered in the 20 to 25 below zero range, started Monday morning with temperatures near the freezing mark.
