Mid-April Snowfall Blankets Area, less than a week after severe weather

Another strong early spring storm system moved across the area, less than a week after severe weather buffeted parts of southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska, northwest Iowa, and southwest Minnesota. However, this area of low pressure brought with it a great deal of colder air, rather than the warm air with the previous system.  The result was a broad snowfall across much of southeast South Dakota into northeast Nebraska, rather than severe weather.  Daily snowfall records were set at Mitchell (3.9 inches) and Huron (4.0 inches) on April 15.  Below is a map of the snowfall, along with a listing of the reports.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1207 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     SNOW             TRIPP                   43.22N 97.97W
04/15/2011  M9.0 INCH        HUTCHINSON         SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

1200 AM     SNOW             SPIRIT LAKE             43.42N 95.11W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        DICKINSON          IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL

0630 AM     SNOW             MARSHALL                44.45N 95.79W
04/16/2011  M0.2 INCH        LYON               MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             PICKSTOWN               43.07N 98.53W
04/16/2011  M1.0 INCH        CHARLES MIX        SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             WHITE LAKE              43.73N 98.71W
04/16/2011  M6.5 INCH        AURORA             SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             WAKEFIELD               42.27N 96.87W
04/16/2011  M2.0 INCH        DIXON              NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             2 ESE YANKTON           42.88N 97.36W
04/16/2011  M6.0 INCH        YANKTON            SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             MARION                  43.42N 97.26W
04/16/2011  E2.0 INCH        TURNER             SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             ORANGE CITY             43.00N 96.06W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        SIOUX              IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL

0700 AM     SNOW             CARTHAGE                44.17N 97.71W
04/16/2011  M4.2 INCH        MINER              SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM     SNOW             2 NNE LAKEFIELD         43.70N 95.15W
04/16/2011  M1.2 INCH        JACKSON            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0748 AM     SNOW             MITCHELL                43.73N 98.03W
04/16/2011  M3.9 INCH        DAVISON            SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0800 AM     SNOW             OCHEYEDAN               43.42N 95.54W
04/16/2011  M0.5 INCH        OSCEOLA            IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0800 AM     SNOW             EMERSON                 42.28N 96.73W
04/16/2011  M2.0 INCH        DAKOTA             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

0800 AM     SNOW             SHELDON                 43.18N 95.84W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        O`BRIEN            IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL

0800 AM     SNOW             WALL LAKE               43.53N 96.96W
04/16/2011  M2.0 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0800 AM     SNOW             4 S ASTORIA             44.50N 96.53W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        BROOKINGS          SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL

0800 AM     SNOW             3 NNE SIBLEY            43.44N 95.72W
04/16/2011  M1.0 INCH        OSCEOLA            IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0800 AM     SNOW             PIPESTONE               44.00N 96.31W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        PIPESTONE          MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL

0800 AM     SNOW             2 NE WORTHINGTON        43.65N 95.58W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        NOBLES             MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL.

0800 AM     SNOW             2 NNE BROOKINGS         44.33N 96.77W
04/16/2011  M0.5 INCH        BROOKINGS          SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0800 AM     SNOW             7 E HERON LAKE          43.80N 95.18W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        JACKSON            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL

0800 AM     SNOW             1 S DAVIS               43.24N 96.99W
04/16/2011  M4.0 INCH        TURNER             SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0900 AM     SNOW             WESSINGTON SPRINGS      44.08N 98.57W
04/16/2011  M6.5 INCH        JERAULD            SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL

0900 AM     SNOW             2 SSE WINFRED           43.97N 97.35W
04/16/2011  M1.5 INCH        LAKE               SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

0900 AM     SNOW             FAIRFAX                 43.03N 98.89W
04/16/2011  M8.0 INCH        GREGORY            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0900 AM     SNOW             SIOUX CITY              42.50N 96.39W
04/16/2011  M0.0 INCH        WOODBURY           IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE OF SNOWFALL.

1100 AM     SNOW             HURON                   44.36N 98.22W
04/16/2011  M4.0 INCH        BEADLE             SD   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

1100 AM     SNOW             CHAMBERLAIN             43.81N 99.32W
04/16/2011  E8.0 INCH        BRULE              SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

1100 AM     SNOW             LAKE ANDES              43.16N 98.54W
04/16/2011  E1.5 INCH        CHARLES MIX        SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1100 AM     SNOW             VERMILLION              42.78N 96.93W
04/16/2011  E2.0 INCH        CLAY               SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT