Winter Weather — Pipestone, Minnesota

2024-01-18 · Pipestone, Minnesota

Event narrative

Snowfall totaled 2.5 inches at Pipestone. Visibility was as low as 3/4 mile at times of falling snow and wind gusts to around 25 mph in the late morning and afternoon 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 1160325. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.