Winter Storm in South Dakota, February 24 to 25, 2001

Name: Winter Storm in South Dakota, February 24 to 25, 2001
Start: 2001-02-24T13:00
End: 2001-02-25T11:00
Location: South Dakota

February 24 to 25, 2001 · NWS ABR · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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.

Heavy snow of 6 to 14 inches fell across central and northeast South Dakota. Along with the heavy snow came blizzard conditions across northeast South Dakota during the morning hours of the 25th as northwest winds increased to 25 to 45 mph. As a result of the heavy snow and blizzard conditions, travel became difficult, if not impossible, resulting in some accidents and stranded motorists. Some snowfall amounts included, 6 inches at Waubay, Onida, Murdo and near Artas, 7 inches at Aberdeen, Faulkton, Ipswich, Kennebec, and Clark, 8 inches at Miller, Castlewood, 23 N Highmore, and Pierre, 9 inches at Roy Lake, Mellette, Blunt, and Watertown, 10 inches near Summit, 11 inches at Webster, and 14 inches at Milbank.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 10:20 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 10:20 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

22 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Buffalo

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Buffalo forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.076, -99.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hughes

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Hughes forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.389, -99.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hyde

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Hyde forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.547, -99.487 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Jones

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Jones forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.961, -100.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Lyman

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Lyman forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.896, -99.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Stanley

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Stanley forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.412, -100.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Sully

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Sully forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.716, -100.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Campbell

When: February 24, 1:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Campbell forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.771, -100.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Edmunds

When: February 24, 2:00 PM CST to February 25, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Edmunds forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.419, -99.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Faulk

When: February 24, 2:00 PM CST to February 25, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Faulk forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.071, -99.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, McPherson

When: February 24, 3:00 PM CST to February 25, 2:00 AM CST
Where: McPherson forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.766, -99.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hand

When: February 24, 3:00 PM CST to February 25, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Hand forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Spink

When: February 24, 3:00 PM CST to February 25, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Spink forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Brown

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Brown forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Marshall

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.759, -97.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Day

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Day forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Clark

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Roberts

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Roberts forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.630, -96.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Grant

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.172, -96.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Codington

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Codington forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.978, -97.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Deuel

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Deuel forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.760, -96.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hamlin

When: February 24, 4:00 PM CST to February 25, 11:00 AM 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

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, February 2001

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: 5234551, 5234552, 5234553, 5234554, 5234555, 5234556, 5234557, 5234558, 5234560, 5234562, 5234561, 5234563, 5234564, 5234559, 5234565, 5234566, 5234567, 5234568, 5234569, 5234570, 5234571, 5234572.