Winter Weather — Pennington Co Plains, South Dakota

2023-03-05 · Pennington Co Plains, South Dakota

Wider weather episode

A quick moving disturbance brought snowfall across much of west central and northwestern South Dakota. A couple of bands of heavy snow developed from the eastern slopes of the Black Hills and onto the west central South Dakota plains, producing snowfall rates of two to over three inches per hour. Snowfall totals mostly ranged from two to six inches across the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1074716. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.