A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >
Overview
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Easter Sunday 2020 was more reminiscent of Christmas, as a broad area of snow moved across the region. Embedded heavier bands of snow produced 7 to 10 inches of snow in some areas, while most locations saw snowfall from 2 to 6 inches. The snow was accompanied by northerly winds gusting to 30 to 40 mph at times, and while the snow was wet and heavy, the winds did produce areas of blowing and drifting snow. |
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Snow/Wind
Observed Snowfall and Highest Wind Gusts
Satellite imagery showing snow on the ground (red color on left image) on April 13, 2020.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1052 AM CDT MON APR 13 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM SNOW 4 E SIOUX RAPIDS 42.89N 95.07W
04/12/2020 M5.2 INCH BUENA VISTA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 4 N CLEGHORN 42.87N 95.72W
04/13/2020 M3.5 INCH CHEROKEE IA COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION IA-CK-1 CLEGHORN 4.4 N.
0900 AM SNOW 1 NNE PETERSON 42.93N 95.33W
04/13/2020 M5.0 INCH CLAY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM CO-OP OBSERVER
STATION PTRI4 1.1 NE PETERSON.
1215 PM SNOW 1 N OKOBOJI 43.41N 95.14W
04/12/2020 M4.3 INCH DICKINSON IA PUBLIC
0800 AM SNOW 3 NNE BATTLE CREEK 42.36N 95.57W
04/13/2020 M1.8 INCH IDA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION BTLI4 BATTLE CREEK 3
NE.
0515 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 S ROCK RAPIDS 43.35N 96.17W
04/12/2020 E8.3 INCH LYON IA PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0800 AM SNOW SANBORN 43.18N 95.66W
04/13/2020 M4.7 INCH O`BRIEN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION SNBI4 SANBORN.
0700 AM SNOW SIBLEY 43.40N 95.75W
04/13/2020 M6.2 INCH OSCEOLA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION SIBI4 SIBLEY.
0430 PM HEAVY SNOW HULL 43.19N 96.13W
04/12/2020 E6.5 INCH SIOUX IA PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM HULL.
REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK.
0900 AM SNOW ORANGE CITY 43.01N 96.07W
04/13/2020 M5.0 INCH SIOUX IA COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION IA-SX-9 ORANGE CITY 0.4
WNW.
0949 PM HEAVY SNOW SIOUX CENTER 43.08N 96.17W
04/12/2020 E8.0 INCH SIOUX IA PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0950 AM SNOW SIOUX CITY 42.50N 96.39W
04/12/2020 E5.0 INCH WOODBURY IA PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM SIOUX
CITY, MORNINGSIDE AREA. REPORT VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
0700 AM SNOW 2 NNE LAKEFIELD 43.70N 95.15W
04/13/2020 M6.4 INCH JACKSON MN CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 1.2 ON 4-12 AND 4.2 ON
4-13.
0800 AM SNOW 6 SW IVANHOE 44.41N 96.34W
04/12/2020 M1.0 INCH LINCOLN MN COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION MN-LN-4 HENDRICKS 8.0 SE.
0800 AM SNOW 1 N MARSHALL 44.47N 95.79W
04/13/2020 M4.0 INCH LYON MN CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MMLM5 MARSHALL.
0800 AM SNOW 1 S MARSHALL 44.44N 95.79W
04/12/2020 M2.5 INCH LYON MN COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION MN-LY-2 MARSHALL 0.6 S.
0900 AM SNOW 4 N CURRIE 44.13N 95.67W
04/12/2020 M3.5 INCH MURRAY MN AMATEUR RADIO
0700 AM SNOW EDGERTON 43.87N 96.13W
04/13/2020 M4.0 INCH PIPESTONE MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 1.5 ON 4-12 AND 2.5 ON
4-13. COCORAHS STATION MN-PS-6 EDGERTON 0.2
WSW.
0100 PM SNOW LUVERNE 43.65N 96.21W
04/12/2020 E4.0 INCH ROCK MN PUBLIC
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0500 PM SNOW 2 E CONCORD 42.38N 96.96W
04/12/2020 M3.5 INCH DIXON NE CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION NESN1 CONCORD.
1007 PM HEAVY SNOW 6 SE STICKNEY 43.51N 98.36W
04/12/2020 E9.0 INCH AURORA SD PUBLIC
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1200 PM SNOW HURON 44.36N 98.22W
04/12/2020 M2.8 INCH BEADLE SD OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0100 PM SNOW TYNDALL 42.99N 97.86W
04/12/2020 M4.4 INCH BON HOMME SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW BROOKINGS 44.30N 96.79W
04/13/2020 M2.7 INCH BROOKINGS SD COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 2.0 ON 4-12 AND 0.7 ON
4-13. COCORAHS STATION SD-BK-7 BROOKINGS 0.2
SSW.
0700 AM SNOW 7 SSW CHAMBERLAIN 43.71N 99.37W
04/12/2020 M4.3 INCH BRULE SD COCORAHS
0800 AM SNOW 3 S DANTE 42.99N 98.19W
04/13/2020 M6.1 INCH CHARLES MIX SD COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION SD-CM-5 DANTE 3.1 S.
0900 AM SNOW 13 WNW PLATTE 43.46N 99.08W
04/12/2020 M4.0 INCH CHARLES MIX SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SE VERMILLION 42.77N 96.91W
04/13/2020 M6.0 INCH CLAY SD COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION SD-CY-10 VERMILLION 1.4 SE.
1100 PM SNOW 1 SSW MITCHELL 43.71N 98.04W
04/12/2020 M7.2 INCH DAVISON SD CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 1.4 ON 4-11 AND 5.8 ON
4-12.
0800 AM SNOW 10 W DIMOCK 43.50N 98.19W
04/12/2020 M2.3 INCH DOUGLAS SD COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION SD-DG-1 DIMOCK 10.2 W.
0930 AM HEAVY SNOW 9 S DALLAS 43.11N 99.52W
04/12/2020 M9.0 INCH GREGORY SD COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW CLAYTON 43.45N 97.66W
04/12/2020 M1.0 INCH HUTCHINSON SD COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION SD-HT-16 EMERY 10.8 S.
0800 AM SNOW DE SMET 44.38N 97.55W
04/12/2020 M2.0 INCH KINGSBURY SD COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION SD-KY-5 DE SMET 0.2 SSE.
0700 AM SNOW 2 N CHESTER 43.92N 96.93W
04/12/2020 M5.6 INCH LAKE SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0200 PM SNOW 1 SE TEA 43.44N 96.82W
04/12/2020 M5.5 INCH LINCOLN SD TRAINED SPOTTER
5.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED WITH SOME
UNDERLYING SNOW MELT AND COMPACTION.
0700 AM SNOW 6 NW MONTROSE 43.76N 97.27W
04/12/2020 M4.0 INCH MCCOOK SD COCORAHS
0830 AM SNOW HOWARD 44.01N 97.52W
04/12/2020 M3.9 INCH MINER SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0400 PM SNOW 3 N SIOUX FALLS 43.59N 96.73W
04/12/2020 M5.6 INCH MINNEHAHA SD OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT NWS SIOUX
FALLS/AIRPORT.
0800 AM SNOW 4 WNW ROWENA 43.55N 96.63W
04/13/2020 M6.7 INCH MINNEHAHA SD COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION SD-MH-82 SIOUX FALLS 5.2 E.
1200 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 WNW COLMAN 44.01N 96.89W
04/12/2020 E10.0 INCH MOODY SD PUBLIC
TOTAL THROUGH NOON. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0215 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 SW PARKER 43.38N 97.17W
04/12/2020 E7.0 INCH TURNER SD PUBLIC
WET, HEAVY SNOW. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0900 AM SNOW 6 NNE ELK POINT 42.76N 96.65W
04/13/2020 M4.5 INCH UNION SD COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 1.0 ON 4-12 AND 3.5 ON
4-13. COCORAHS STATION SD-UN-2 ELK POINT 5.6
NNE.
1245 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 E YANKTON 42.89N 97.29W
04/12/2020 M6.3 INCH YANKTON SD PUBLIC
6.25 INCHES MEASURED EAST OF YANKTON, VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
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Photos & Video
Snowfall across the region
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| View from Cleghorn, IA during the storm. (Source: Andy Jones) |
Mitchell, SD received 5 to 8 inces of snow. (COOP Observer) |
Areas near Avon, SD received around 6 inches of snowfall (Whiteley) |
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| A snowy Easter. A view from Yankton, SD (Source: Tam Mark Cando) |
Little buddy enjoying the snow in Plankinton, SD (Pribyl) |
Department of Transportation Cameras
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| Conditions near Jeffers, MN (SDDOT) |
Conditions in Sioux City, IA (IADOT) |
Conditions in Sioux Falls, SD (SDDOT) |
Plow Camera near Orange City, IA (IADOT) |
Radar
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