Blizzard, Edmunds
- When
- December 16, 12:45 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edmunds forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.419, -99.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in South Dakota, December 16, 2000
Northwest winds of 30 to 50 mph combined with the newly fallen snow and arctic air to create widespread blizzard conditions and extreme wind chills to 60 below. Events were canceled, travel was shutdown, and some motorists were stranded.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
Northwest winds of 30 to 50 mph combined with the newly fallen snow and arctic air to create widespread blizzard conditions and extreme wind chills to 60 below. Events were canceled, travel was shutdown, and some motorists were stranded. Both Highway 12 and Interstate-29 were closed throughout the day. As a result of the low visibility, a semi truck hit and totaled a pickup stuck in the snow just west of Clark. The semi truck received nine thousand dollars worth of damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
16 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, McPherson
- When
- December 16, 2:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.766, -99.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Spink
- When
- December 16, 2:45 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spink forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Faulk
- When
- December 16, 2:55 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.071, -99.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hyde
- When
- December 16, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hyde forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.547, -99.487 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hand
- When
- December 16, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hand forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Buffalo
- When
- December 16, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -99.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Codington
- When
- December 16, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Codington forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.978, -97.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Roberts
- When
- December 16, 6:30 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -96.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Grant
- When
- December 16, 7:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.172, -96.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Marshall
- When
- December 16, 7:45 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.759, -97.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hamlin
- When
- December 16, 8:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.674, -97.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Brown
- When
- December 16, 9:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Day
- When
- December 16, 9:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Day forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Deuel
- When
- December 16, 9:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.760, -96.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Clark
- When
- December 16, 9:10 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- Tornadoes in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- High Wind in Louisiana, December 16, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, December 16, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, December 16 to 17, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, December 16, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, December 16, 2000
- Tornado in Georgia, December 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 16 to 17, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, December 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5177152, 5177151, 5177157, 5177153, 5177155, 5177154, 5177156, 5177164, 5177162, 5177163, 5177159, 5177166, 5177158, 5177160, 5177165, 5177161.