Easter Storm Brings Snow & Wind Across the Region

Overview

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.

Satellite imagery showing snow on the ground (red color on left image) on April 13, 2020.

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Observed Snowfall and Highest Wind Gusts

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


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)