S. early on Friday, November 29 and pushed a shield of light mixed precipitation northeastward across the region with a light accumulation of ice.
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.
Close on the heels of the last winter storm, an amplified upper-air pattern brought another impulse out of the southwestern U.S. early on Friday, November 29 and pushed a shield of light mixed precipitation northeastward across the region with a light accumulation of ice. As the main trough and area of low pressure organized on Saturday, November 30 across Nebraska and deepened as it moved into southern Wisconsin by the morning of Sunday, December 1, additional snowfall developed and was accompanied by strong and gusty northwest winds of 30 to 50 mph by later Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Snowfall totals over the period generally ranged from 6 to 16 inches west of the James River, to less than one inch from northeast Nebraska and far southeast South Dakota toward southern portions of northwest Iowa. Another mesoscale band of heavy snowfall occurred on Saturday, November 30 near the Minnesota-Iowa border with between 6 and 9 inches accumulation.
This storm continued into December 1, although a majority of accumulating snowfall ended between 0000 and 0900CST.
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 28, 5:38 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
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Occasional light snow developed during the evening of Thursday, November 28, and continued into December 1, briefly mixing with freezing drizzle. Snowfall totaled 2.0 inches 8 miles southeast of Hendricks.
Occasional light snow developed during the evening of Thursday, November 28, and continued into December 1, briefly mixing with freezing drizzle. Snowfall totaled 5.0 inches at Tracy, 4.9 inches at Minneota and 4.6 inches at Marshall.
Occasional light snow and freezing drizzle developed during the evening of Thursday, November 28 resulting in a light accumulation of icing before tapering off. Another surge of mixed-type precipitation developed the following afternoon before changing back to snow during the evening of November 30. Snowfall totaled 2.2 inches near Edgerton and 1.0 inches at Rock Rapids.
Occasional light snow and freezing drizzle developed during the evening of Thursday, November 28 resulting in a light accumulation of icing before tapering off. Another surge of mixed-type precipitation developed the following afternoon before changing back to snow during the evening of November 30. Snowfall totaled 2.2 inches near Edgerton and 1.2 inches at Pipestone.
Occasional light snow developed during the evening of Thursday, November 28, and continued into December 1, briefly mixing with freezing drizzle. Snowfall totaled 1.0 inch at Lake Wilson.
Winter weather commenced late evening on Thursday, November 28 with a mix of light snow and freezing rain, which produced up to a tenth of an inch ice accumulation before surface temperatures warmed above freezing on the morning of November 30. A narrow band of moderate to heavy snowfall enhanced over the area during the afternoon and evening of November 30, producing 7.5 inches near Round Lake and 5.5 inches at Worthington.
Winter weather commenced late evening on Thursday, November 28 with a mix of light snow and freezing rain, which produced up to a tenth of an inch ice accumulation before surface temperatures warmed above freezing on the morning of November 30. A narrow band of moderate to heavy snowfall enhanced over the area during the afternoon and evening of November 30, producing 8.0 inches 8 miles east of Round Lake and 3.7 inches 2 miles northeast of Lakefield. Well after the event ended, at 1437CST December 1, a vehicle travelling westbound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 79 slid into the median and rolled twice, injuring (indirect) the driver.
Occasional light snow developed during the evening of Thursday, November 28, and continued into December 1, briefly mixing with freezing drizzle. Snowfall totaled 3.0 inches at Windom.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, November 2019
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: 869225, 869226, 869223, 869224, 869227, 869229, 869230, 869228.