Heavy Snow — Fall River Co., South Dakota

2002-03-18 · Fall River Co., South Dakota

Wider weather episode

An upper level disturbance moved out of the Rockies and across the adjacent plains. This spread light snow over much of western South Dakota. Locally heavy snowfall occurred over extreme Southwestern South Dakota. Six to 8 inches were reported over the eastern portions of Custer, Pennington, and Fall River Counties, with the heaviest snow was 11 inches near Oelrichs in Fall River County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5286280. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.