Winter Weather — Moody, South Dakota

2024-01-18 · Moody, South Dakota

Event narrative

Snowfall totaled 2.0 inches at Flandreau. Visibility was as low as 1/2 mile at times of falling snow in the midday hours.

Wider weather episode

A clipper system in northwest flow traversed the edge of the arctic airmass, and brought a pulse of warm advection which resulted in a brief burst of moderate snowfall. Accumulations ranged from 1 to 5 inches, with some areas of blowing snow from northwest wind gusts as high as 20 to 30 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1160288. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.