A late season snow occurred across much of the region on Tuesday as low pressure made its way into the Central Plains. During the morning hours, a narrow band of moderate to heavy snow developed from the Lake Andes area northeast to near Arlington South Dakota. Snowfall amounts of 4 to 10 inches piled up within a matter of 4 to 5 hours across areas impacted by this intense band of snow. Elsewhere amounts generally varied from a few tenths across northwest Iowa, with anywhere from 1 to 5 inches across southwest Minnesota. To the west across eastern South Dakota snow amounts of 1 to 4 inches were common outside of the banded area where the heavy snow fell on Tuesday. Below is a graph of the snowfall totals with specific amounts further down below the image.
...24 HOUR SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA...
LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE
2 E BADGER 10.0 0700 AM 03/19
CORSICA 9.5 0700 AM 03/19
OLDHAM 9.5 0700 AM 03/19
LAKE ANDES 9.0 0700 AM 03/19
DELL RAPIDS 7.0 0700 AM 03/19
3 NW KINGSBURY 6.5 0700 AM 03/19
PICKSTOWN 6.5 0700 AM 03/19
DE SMET 6.0 0700 AM 03/19
2 NE MOUNT VERNON 6.0 0700 AM 03/19
9 ESE STICKNEY 6.0 0700 AM 03/19
4 W SINAI 6.0 0700 AM 03/19
MARSHALL 5.0 0900 AM 03/19
1 S MARSHALL 4.6 0700 AM 03/19
2 NE CROOKS 4.3 0700 AM 03/19
4 W SIOUX FALLS 3.7 1000 PM 03/18
MITCHELL 3.4 1150 PM 03/18
MITCHELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 3.4 0653 AM 03/19
MARION 3.2 0700 AM 03/19
1 ENE WALL LAKE 3.2 0800 AM 03/19
SIOUX FALLS-27MI.WSW 3.2 0700 AM 03/19
MADISON-21MI.W 3.1 0630 AM 03/19
4 NE BRUCE 3.0 0700 AM 03/19
DE SMET 3.0 0700 AM 03/19
5 N PIPESTONE 3.0 0800 AM 03/19
MITCHELL-29MI.ESE 3.0 0800 AM 03/19
MITCHELL 13MI.ESE 3.0 0700 AM 03/19
4 SW SIOUX FALLS 3.0 0700 AM 03/19
2 W VILAS 3.0 0700 AM 03/19
SIOUX FALLS NWS WFO AP 2.9 0600 AM 03/19
SIOUX FALLS 2.9 0656 AM 03/19
SIOUX FALLS 5.5SE FSD ARPT 2.8 0800 AM 03/19
3 ESE SIOUX FALLS 2.8 0700 AM 03/19
7 WNW NAPER 2.0 0700 AM 03/19
6 SSW HERRICK 2.0 0700 AM 03/19
SALEM 5NE 2.0 1000 PM 03/18
TYNDALL 1.8 0800 AM 03/19
4 SW BURKE 1.5 0700 AM 03/19
BROOKINGS 1.3 0700 AM 03/19
AKRON 1.1 0900 AM 03/19
CHAN GURNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 1.0 0655 AM 03/19
2 NE BURKE 1.0 0800 AM 03/19
VICKS CORNER-SPIRIT LAKE IOWA 1.0 1200 AM 03/19
2 E MADISON 1.0 0900 AM 03/19
2 SE YANKTON 1.0 0630 AM 03/19
LAKEFIELD 0.6 0500 AM 03/19
MITCHELL-36MI.W 0.5 0700 AM 03/19
HURON-26MI.SW 0.5 0700 AM 03/19
9 S DALLAS 0.5 0700 AM 03/19
3 NNE CLEGHORN 0.4 0700 AM 03/19
ORANGE CITY 0.3 0700 AM 03/19
HOLLY SPRINGS 1NW 0.2 0700 AM 03/19
2 SSW GAYVILLE 0.2 0700 AM 03/19
SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT 0.1 0652 AM 03/19
OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURE. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.