j.c. monahan from our boston affiliate, wcvb, is here with morning. good morning, j.c. >> good morning, bianna. a look at the landscape has changed. you have to go back to 1991 to find a november storm that hit parts of the midwest this hard. this morning, across three states they're digging out from this unusually early winter blast. it was a prewinter wallop. the twin cities got the worst of it, with snow falling at an inch an hour, making road conditions miserable. >> it's pretty crazy. we've been seeing cars going sideways on the freeway, cars sliding through stop signs. >> i've lived in minnesota long enough. i should be able to do this, right? >> reporter: the heavy, wet snow made for heavy lifting and caused more than 100,000 customers to be without power in parts of minnesota and wisconsin. the storm also dumped up to 14 inches in northern iowa. and parts of the texas panhandle were pummeled with snow. >> it's cool and wet. >> reporter: all this, after a record-setting 68 degrees in parts of the midwest on wednesday. >> is it actually november

j.c. monahan from boston's wcvb. j.c.? >> good morning, ron. i'm moving along.eading down to texas. greenville, texas, where yesterday, a microburst caused this damage you see here. this looks like amarillo, though, with the snowfall that's coming in. greenville, texas, saw a microburst with 60-mile-per-hour winds. amarillo, texas, saw snow yesterday. we continue with snowfall that goes up through the midwest. that's where we're already getting reports of six inches of snow in parts of iowa and over to parts of minnesota, as well. that's where the winter storm warnings are up. possibly double-digits for snowfall for you there. across the country, we have windy conditions out in the west, as you go south of l.a. there's red flag warnings on the east coast. gorgeous weather. get out and enjoy it. this weather report has been brought to you by dove hair care. dan and bianna? >> thanks, j.c. >>> this is a story we've been talking about offcamera all morning. does your mind have a tendency to wander sometimes? >> it does. >> happens to everybody. it's human nature. t