Blizzard, Edmunds
- When
- December 28, 8:00 AM CST to 2:00 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 28, 2000
Northwest winds of 30 to 50 mph combined with the newly fallen snow to generate blizzard conditions into the early afternoon hours. Travel was extremely difficult, if not impossible as many motorists went into the ditch.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- 13
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 to generate blizzard conditions into the early afternoon hours. Travel was extremely difficult, if not impossible as many motorists went into the ditch. There were also several non-injury accidents.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Hyde
- When
- December 28, 8:00 AM CST to 2:00 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, Buffalo
- When
- December 28, 8:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -99.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, McPherson
- When
- December 28, 9:00 AM CST to 2:00 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, Faulk
- When
- December 28, 9:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.071, -99.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hand
- When
- December 28, 9:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hand forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Brown
- When
- December 28, 9:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Spink
- When
- December 28, 9:00 AM CST to 2:00 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, Marshall
- When
- December 28, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 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, Day
- When
- December 28, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Day forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Clark
- When
- December 28, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Codington
- When
- December 28, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 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, Hamlin
- When
- December 28, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.674, -97.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 28 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 28 to 29, 2000
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 28, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 28, 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: 5177170, 5177173, 5177174, 5177169, 5177171, 5177172, 5177175, 5177176, 5177177, 5177178, 5177179, 5177180, 5177181.