Snowfall of 1 to 5 inches was accompanied by sustained winds which reached 30 mph and gusts to around 40 mph. This produced areas of blowing snow and significant drifting snow.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Snowfall of 1 to 5 inches was accompanied by sustained winds which reached 30 mph and gusts to around 40 mph. This produced areas of blowing snow and significant drifting snow.
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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 29, 3:51 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0353 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-301200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 0353 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA TODAY AND THROUGH EASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE JAMES VALLEY THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. EAST OF INTERSTATE...ONLY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM THE MID AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A PICKSTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA LINE TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA LINE...WITH LESS THAN 2 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEAST. WIND... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 TODAY AND SPREAD INTO AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall of 1 to 3 inches was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero.
Snowfall of 1 to 3 inches was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero.
Snowfall of 1 to 4 inches was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero.
Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero.
Snowfall of 1 to 3 inches was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero.
Snowfall of 1 to 5 inches, including 4.5 inches at Luverne, was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero. One man froze to death after becoming stranded and leaving his vehicle.
Snowfall of 1 to 4 inches was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero.
Snowfall of 1 to 3 inches was accompanied by sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. This produced drifting snow and areas of blowing snow, making travel difficult at times. Wind chills were driven below zero.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Rock | 2010-11-30 | 64 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, November 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 269493, 269494, 269495, 269496, 269497, 269499, 269500, 269501.