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
A mid January Alberta Clipper brought moderate to heavy snowfall to locations east of I-29. Meanwhile locations near and west of I-29 initially received a wintry mix and lighter snowfall totals. Increasing winds into the evening hours resulted in some patchy blowing and drifting snow across the region. |
Snowfall Totals Across the Region. |
Snow/Ice
Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Iowa... ...Cherokee County... Cleghorn 3.5 in 0916 AM 01/15 Public ...Clay County... Spencer 10.4 in 0928 AM 01/15 COOP ...Dickinson County... Orleans 11.0 in 0915 PM 01/14 Public Spirit Lake 10.5 in 0731 AM 01/15 Public Okoboji 9.0 in 0925 AM 01/15 Public Okoboji 8.5 in 0915 AM 01/15 Public Milford 8.0 in 0852 AM 01/15 Public Milford 7.0 in 0445 PM 01/14 Public Lake Park 7.0 in 0830 PM 01/14 Public 4.0 N Wahpeton 6.5 in 1200 AM 01/15 UCOOP ...Sioux County... Orange City 4.0 in 0700 AM 01/15 COOP 1 N Hospers 2.8 in 0748 AM 01/15 Public ...Minnesota... ...Jackson County... Heron Lake 8.0 in 0714 AM 01/15 Public ...Lincoln County... Hendricks 8.0 SE 5.0 in 0700 AM 01/15 COCORAHS ...Lyon County... Russell 11.0 in 1015 AM 01/15 Public Garvin 10.0 in 0630 PM 01/14 Public Marshall 10.0 in 0716 AM 01/15 Public Tracy 10.0 in 1135 AM 01/15 Public Marshall 9.0 in 0830 PM 01/14 Public ...Murray County... Slayton 6.3 in 1022 AM 01/15 Public ...Nobles County... 1 WNW Worthington 7.5 in 0900 PM 01/14 Public ...Pipestone County... Pipestone 5.0 in 0939 AM 01/15 Public ...Rock County... Hills 0.2 NW 3.1 in 0700 AM 01/15 COCORAHS ...South Dakota... ...Beadle County... Huron 1.3 S 2.1 in 0800 AM 01/15 COCORAHS ...Brookings County... 1 WNW Brookings 6.0 in 0619 PM 01/14 Public Volga 5.0 in 0415 PM 01/14 Public Brookings 1.6 S 5.0 in 0700 AM 01/15 COCORAHS Brookings 1.4 SW 5.0 in 0800 AM 01/15 COCORAHS Bruce 5.3 W 5.0 in 0800 AM 01/15 COCORAHS Brookings 0.2 SSW 4.8 in 0700 AM 01/15 COCORAHS 1 WNW Brookings 4.0 in 0400 PM 01/14 Public ...Kingsbury County... Lake Preston 6.0 in 0300 PM 01/14 Public ...Lake County... Madison 3.5 in 0630 PM 01/14 Public ...Lincoln County... Canton 2.8 in 0900 AM 01/15 COOP Harrisburg 0.8 NNE 2.3 in 0700 AM 01/15 COCORAHS ...Miner County... Howard 2.9 in 0707 AM 01/15 Public ...Minnehaha County... Sioux Falls 5.2 E 3.2 in 0700 AM 01/15 COCORAHS Sioux Falls 5.0 SE ARPT 3.0 in 0700 AM 01/15 COCORAHS 3 N Sioux Falls 2.7 in 1020 PM 01/14 Official NWS Obs Sioux Falls 2.3 in 0741 AM 01/15 Public Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Photos & Video
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Cherokee, IA Credit to Teri Chafin |
Lake Park, IA Credit to Mike Ehret |
Lake Park, IA Credit to Mike Ehret |
Lake Preston, SD Credit to Mary Coppock |
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Marshall, MN Credit to Cheryl Geihl |
Okoboji, IA Credit to Dee Fettes Pyle |
Volga, SD Credit to Kris Bishop |
Marshall, MN Credit to Dawn Bahn |
Radar
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Radar loop for January14th. | Caption | Caption | Caption |
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