A low pressure system tracking across the central plains brought a heavy snow band across far south central and southeastern North Dakota during the afternoon and evening hours of Thursday, March 20th. Snow tapered off to flurries during the early morning hours of Friday, March 21st.
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The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
A low pressure system tracking across the central plains brought a heavy snow band across far south central and southeastern North Dakota during the afternoon and evening hours of Thursday, March 20th. Snow tapered off to flurries during the early morning hours of Friday, March 21st.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow was reported across southern Dickey County with eight inches reported five miles southwest of Ellendale.
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