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Back-to-Back Pacific Storms to Impact the West Coast; Heavy Snow in the Central Appalachians

Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow. A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will accompany the Pacific storms, bringing excessive rainfall and flash flooding to southwest Oregon and northwest California through the week. Read More >

Below is a map of snowfall across the region, representing the total amount of snow that fell from 10am CDT Tuesday, April 9th, to 10am CDT Friday, April 12th.

 

72 Hour Snowfall from 10am Monday to 10am Thursday

Zoomed in view representing the total amount of snow that fell from 10am CDT Monday to 10am CDT Thursday.

 

 

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Below is a map of snowfall across the region, representing the total amount of snow that fell from April 13th through April 14th

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
412 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013 /312 PM MDT MON APR 15 2013/

...PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM APRIL 13-15...

A POTENT WINTER STORM PRODUCED WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL
ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.  SOME
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALSO OCCURRED IN MANY LOCATIONS.

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     SNOWFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

MINNESOTA

...TRAVERSE COUNTY...
   BROWNS VALLEY          3.0   756 AM  4/15  0.67 LIQUID
   WHEATON                3.0   844 AM  4/15  0.64 WATER EQUIVALENT

SOUTH DAKOTA

...BROWN COUNTY...
   7 WNW HECLA           16.0   952 AM  4/15
   4 SE HOUGHTON         14.0  1015 AM  4/15
   2 SSE CLAREMONT       12.1   813 AM  4/15  1.12 WATER EQUIVALENT
   2 E ABERDEEN          11.0   807 AM  4/15

...CAMPBELL COUNTY...
   4 ESE HERREID         11.0   814 AM  4/15  1.13 WATER EQUIVALENT

...CORSON COUNTY...
   8 W MCLAUGHLIN        10.1   516 PM  4/14  RELAYED THROUGH MEDIA

...DAY COUNTY...
   PICKEREL LAKE STATE    6.0   938 AM  4/15  WATER EQUIVALENT 0.90
   WEBSTER                6.0   800 AM  4/15
   ANDOVER                5.5  1234 PM  4/15
   7 S BRISTOL            4.3  1250 PM  4/15  0.64 WATER EQUIVALENT


...DEWEY COUNTY...
   TIMBER LAKE            5.8   700 PM  4/14  24 HOUR ACCUMULATION.

...EDMUNDS COUNTY...
   ROSCOE                12.0  1009 AM  4/15  1.21 WATER EQUIVALENT
   BOWDLE                 9.5   700 PM  4/14

...FAULK COUNTY...
   1 S CHELSEA            6.0   800 PM  4/14  STILL SNOWING.

...HAND COUNTY...
   10 NW MILLER           3.0   816 AM  4/15

...HYDE COUNTY...
   19 NNW HIGHMORE        8.0   954 AM  4/15  0.63 WATER EQUIVALENT
   12 N HIGHMORE          6.0   955 AM  4/15  0.61 WATER EQUIVALENT

...MARSHALL COUNTY...
   2 NW ROY LAKE STATE    8.0   757 AM  4/15


...MCPHERSON COUNTY...
   LEOLA                 12.5  1113 AM  4/15

...ROBERTS COUNTY...
   4 NNE VICTOR          10.0  1032 AM  4/15  0.84 WATER EQUIVALENT
   10 ENE SISSETON        9.2   811 AM  4/15  0.89 WATER EQUIVALENT
   2 W SISSETON           8.4   825 AM  4/15  0.79 WATER EQUIVALENT

...WALWORTH COUNTY...
   2 N HOVEN             16.0   845 PM  4/14
   SELBY                  8.0   824 AM  4/15  0.64 WATER EQUIVALENT