A band of heavy snowfall developed during the afternoon across the area, bringing widespread snowfall of 5 to 10 inches to much of southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa. Many areas also received a mix of rain and sleet leading into the later day snowfall, bringing a solid dose of needed moisture to the area.

24 HOUR SNOWFALL DATA IN INCHES...FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
RECEIVED BY 10:15 AM FRIDAY APRIL 4 2014.

...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  7 WSW FAIRVIEW                           7.0
  NORTH SIOUX CITY                         3.8
  4 ESE SIOUX FALLS                        3.6
  4 ESE SIOUX FALLS                        3.4
  3 ESE SIOUX FALLS                        3.4
  4 SW SIOUX FALLS                         2.6
  3 N SIOUX FALLS                          2.6
  1 ENE WALL LAKE                          2.5
  3 NE CROOKS                              1.8
  2 SSW GAYVILLE                           1.0
  2 ESE YANKTON                            1.0
  FLANDREAU                                0.2
  SE MARION                                0.0
  2 N CHESTER                              0.0
  2 S MITCHELL                             0.0

...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

  1 S WINDOM                               9.7
  2 NNE WORTHINGTON                        9.0
  WESTBROOK                                8.0
  E HERON LAKE                             7.0
  1 WNW LAKEFIELD                          6.7
  1 W MOUNTAIN LAKE                        6.0
  1 NNE LUVERNE                            6.0
  S FULDA                                  6.0
  JACKSON                                  6.0
  SLAYTON                                  5.0
  ADRIAN                                   5.0
  1 N MARSHALL                             1.5
  6 N PIPESTONE                            1.5
  1 S MARSHALL                             1.3

...NORTHWEST IOWA...

  SUTHERLAND                               8.0
  4 NNE SIBLEY                             7.8
  3 NW EVERLY                              7.0
  SHELDON                                  6.5
  LE MARS                                  6.5
  SSE LAKE PARK                            6.0
  LESTER                                   6.0
  SIOUX CENTER                             6.0
  1 W SPIRIT LAKE                          5.8
  BRUNSVILLE                               5.4
  W LARCHWOOD                              5.0
  1 ENE CHEROKEE                           5.0
  1 N ROCK RAPIDS                          5.0
  1 NNE ROCK VALLEY                        5.0
  ORANGE CITY                              4.6
  ORANGE CITY                              4.6
  4 E SIOUX RAPIDS                         4.5
  E PETERSON                               4.5
  2 S ORANGE CITY                          4.0
  1 SE STORM LAKE                          4.0
  1 ESE ALTON                              4.0
  HOLSTEIN                                 4.0
  WASHTA                                   3.6
  5 N SIOUX CITY                           3.5
  3 N HORNICK                              3.0
  4 NNE BATTLE CREEK                       2.4
  N SIOUX CITY                             2.1
  1 WSW SERGEANT BLUFF                     0.5