Heavy Snow in Edmunds, South Dakota

The storm came in two waves, initially on April 3rd with the heaviest snow across north central South Dakota where Mahto recorded 8.2 inches of snow, 7 inches in Bowdle and 6.5 inches 7 miles west southwest of Hillsview (McPherson county). There was a short duration break for most areas during the late afternoon/evening before wrap around snowfall dropped into north central and northeast South Dakota between the late evening and early morning of April 4th. Snowfall rapidly dropped in intensity by the late morning of April 4th. A grand total of 14 inches was recorded near Artas and 3 miles southwest of Greenway, while the EM of Dewey County estimated 12 inches of snow for Timber Lake, with 12 inches also estimated in Hecla (Brown County).

Corson and Dewey County Sheriff and Emergency Management issued a No Travel Advised for the counties at 1045 am. Because of mild temperatures in March and early April, most roads stayed ice free during this system.