Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG

SOUTH DAKOTA, Central and NorthHigh winds gusting to near 60 mph blew a mobile home and trailer off the road north of Pierre at the intersection of Highway 1 4and 1804. The mobile home and trailer were destroyed.Clark County5 S Willow Lake 29 0615CSTSDZ007>008-011-018>023SOUTH DAKOTA, SoutheastKingsbury CountyIroquois to2 NE BancroftMinnehaha County2 SE Brandon 29 1410CSTSDZ038>040-050-052>069SOUTH DAKOTA, WestStorm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateStandard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of StormMarch 19980 0Thunderstorm Wind (G70)0618CSTAt the Prairie Retreat located 5 miles south of Willow Lake, winds gusting to over 80 mph uprooted many trees, destroyed a larg eyard glider, broke out some windows, blew off a barn door, with damage sustained to several other buildings.Marshall - Roberts - Day - Spink - Clark - Codington - Grant - Hamlin - Deuel31 1200CST0 2Blizzard2200CSTHeavy snow of 6 to 15 inches combined with 30 to 50 mph winds to generate blizzard conditions across most of northeast SouthDakota from noon through the late evening of the 31st. Many roads became snowpacked and impossible to travel on which leftmany people stranded, especially along Interstate-29 and Highway 12. There were some accidents in northeast South Dakota. InHamlin county, a man was injured when his snowmobile struck a snowplow in Bryant in the early evening. Also, in the earlyafternoon, 4 miles west of Lake Norden on Highway 28, a car crossed the lane and hit a semi. The car was destroyed withthousands of dollars of damage to the semi. The driver of the car was injured. Many schools were let out early on the 31st and werecanceled for April 1st. Also, many activities and sports events were postponed or canceled and many businesses were closed.Some snowfall amounts included, 6 inches at Doland , Conde, and Castlewood, 7 inches at Turton and Clear Lake, 8 inches atClark and Britton, 9 inches at Bryant and Webster, 10 inches near Peever, and 11 inches at Summit. Snowfall amounts of a foot ormore included, 12 inches at Watertown and Big Stone City, 13 inches at Victor, the Waubay NWR, and Sisseton, 14 inches atWilmot, and 15 inches at Milbank.29 0550CST0 0 100KThunderstorm Wind (G57)0630CSTThunderstorm winds damaged grain bins and other farm structures, blew the wall of a garage, moved another garage off itsfoundation, blew off shingles, and caused other minor building and tree damage.0 0Hail (0.75)Beadle - Kingsbury - Brookings - Gregory - Jerauld - Sanborn - Miner - Lake - Moody - Brule - Aurora -Davison - Hanson - Mccook - Minnehaha - Charles Mix - Douglas - Hutchinson - Turner - Lincoln - BonHomme - Yankton31 0800CST0 0 140KHeavy Snow2300CSTSnowfall of 6 to 16 inches occurred over a large area, causing some damage to power lines resulting in power outages. The wetsnow also caused tree damage in Charles Mix County where the heaviest accumulation of 16 inches was reported.SDZ024Northern Black Hills01 0001MST1800MST0 0BlizzardA powerful winter storm which began February 24th brought blizzard conditions to the northern Black Hills for five days. Blowingand drifting snow halted traffic through out the northern Black Hills with some snow drifts as high as seven feet deep.SDZ026>029-041>042 Central Foot Hills - Southern Foot Hills - Central Black Hills - Southern Black Hills - Fall River Co. -Shannon04 0400MST0 3Heavy Snow1600MSTA heavy snow event occurred during the early morning and afternoon hours resulting in snow amounts of five to eight inches overthe southern Black Hills and southwest South Dakota. Numerous accidents were reported due to slick roads. One accident reported3 people injured; none seriously.SDZ026>027-031- Central Foot Hills - Southern Foot Hills - Pennington Plains - Fall River Co. - Shannon - Jackson - Bennett -041>044-046>047-049 Mellette - Todd - Tripp06 0800MST0 0Heavy Snow07 0900MSTAnother winter storm brought heavy snow to southwest and south central South Dakota. Accumulations ranged from 5 to 12 inches.Northeast winds of 15 to 30 mph resulted in low visibilities due to blowing and drifting snow. Over 40 accidents were reported inwestern South Dakota, nine with minor injuries.150 144