National Weather Service Forecaster Todd Heitkamp says that 13-plus inches fell on the southside of town, which was double the accumulation on the northside, near Sioux Falls Regional Airport. But don’t look for it to be the picturesque light, fluffy snow that often occurs in the dead of winter, he said – much of it will be wet and heavy.
Advertisement
It is not unusual for snow to fall in the Midwest before Thanksgiving, Terry said.
The storm that moved into northern IL, IN and southern MI overnight has dumped up to a foot of snow IN a few places.
Road conditions are deteriorating as they get covered in snow or ice.
While winter has not officially begun, the shovels and snow blowers were out from South Dakota through southern Minnesota, Iowa and southern Wisconsin to northern IL and Indiana.
Snow in November is common in the region, but more than 6 inches is somewhat unusual.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The first significant wintry storm of the season began making its way across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Friday, leading to slick roads in a few areas. The highest snowfall in the state was 17 inches recorded in the far northwestern corner, the weather service said. He also says there’s an unusually drastic difference in snowfall between the northern and southern portions of South Dakota’s most populous city. Semitrailer trucks pulled off slow-moving Interstate 90 to park for the day, said Bret Brown, a cashier at a Roadway Express truck stop in Sioux Falls. Accident totals weren’t immediately available.
The National Weather Service says it’s the first significant snowstorm of the season, with widespread amounts of 4 to 8 inches of snow expected from Nebraska to MI with up to a foot in isolated spots. The storm kept three South Dakota college football teams – USD, SDSU, and USF- all cooling their spikes at the terminal. Detroit will probably see 1 to 3 inches of snow.
Advertisement
Heavy weekend snow – up to 10 inches – is in the forecast for MI, Wisconsin and northern IL.
