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Heavy Rainfall Continues from the Southwest to the Plains; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

Pacific tropical moisture wrapping into a storm will continue a multi-day heavy rainfall event this week that will impact the Southwest into the Plains. Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of mainly severe wind gusts appear possible across portions of the southern Plains this afternoon into tonight. There is also a risk of isolated severe winds gusts and tornadoes in Kansas into Nebraska. Read More >

Below is a map of snowfall amounts from December 3-4, 2013. This map is an interpolation of reports received from various sources. In locations where data is more sparse, the map may not exactly reflect the amount of snow received in those locations. Overall, this event produced a wide swath of 4 to 7 inches from south central South Dakota, into southwest Minnesota, with a sharp cutoff to less than an inch of snowfall over much of northwest Iowa.

Contoured map of snowfall reports for December 3rd and 4th, 2013

Event Totals Snowfall in inches

Reports Received by 6 PM Wednesday December 4, 2013

...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  4 NNE FORESTBURG                         8.0 
  MITCHELL                                 7.8 
  3 NW LAKE THOMPSON STAT                  6.7 
  4 WSW SIOUX FALLS                        6.7 
  1 NW SALEM                               6.5 
  8 SSW HERRICK                            6.5 
  FLANDREAU                                6.1 
  3 N BROOKINGS                            6.0 
  3 SE RAMONA                              6.0 
  ALEXANDRIA                               6.0 
  13 WNW PLATTE                            6.0 
  WHITE LAKE                               5.5 
  HOWARD                                   5.2 
  MARION                                   5.0 
  3 S PARKSTON                             5.0 
  PICKSTOWN                                5.0 
  5 WSW ARMOUR                             5.0 
  8 W WESSINGTON SPRINGS                   5.0 
  4 SW BURKE                               4.6 
  7 SSW CHAMBERLAIN                        4.3 
  9 S DALLAS                               4.0 
  TYNDALL                                  4.2
  CANTON                                   3.8 
  4 NW TYNDALL                             3.5 
  HURON                                    3.5 
  YANKTON                                  2.0 
  2 SSW GAYVILLE                           1.5 
  1 SSE VERMILLION                         1.0                                                                                                      


...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

  3 NW PIPESTONE                           7.5 
  MARSHALL                                 7.5 
  3 NNW LUVERNE                            6.0 
  8 NNE ELKTON                             6.0 
  WINDOM                                   6.0 
  4 N CURRIE                               5.5 
  4 S COTTONWOOD                           5.5 
  OKABENA                                  4.5 
  WORTHINGTON                              4.5                                                                                                                                


...NORTHWEST IOWA...

  ROCK RAPIDS                              4.5 
  4 NE HUDSON                              3.0 
  2 SSE SIOUX CENTER                       1.0 
  SPIRIT LAKE                              0.2 
  SIOUX CITY                               0.2