An upper-level short-wave and mid-level front produced areas of light to moderate snow across far southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, and northeast Nebraska during the late evening of March 22nd into the early overnight hours of March 23rd. Stronger frontal forcing resulted in snow accumulations from 2 to 6 inches.
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The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
An upper-level short-wave and mid-level front produced areas of light to moderate snow across far southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, and northeast Nebraska during the late evening of March 22nd into the early overnight hours of March 23rd. Stronger frontal forcing resulted in snow accumulations from 2 to 6 inches. In addition, thundersnow and periods of graupel were observed at times. Winds were relatively weak with this system, such that overall impacts were minimal.
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 Mar 22, 5:51 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
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9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall observations across the Sioux City metro area ranged from 1 to 3 inches, while the COOP observer in Sioux City measured 2.0 inches of snow.
A public observer in Holstein measured 2.7 inches of snow. The COOP observer 5 miles west-northwest of Holstein observed 1.3 inches and the COOP observer 3 miles northeast of Battle Creek measured 1.2 inches of snow.
The CoCoRaHS observer 1.0 mile east of Le Mars measured 4.0 inches of snow and the COOP observer in Remsen measured 3.5 inches of snow.
The COOP observer in Orange City measured 4.6 inches of snow and the CoCoRaHS observer 2.6 miles north of Sioux Center measured 3.5 inches of snow.
The COOP observer in Cherokee measured 4.0 inches of snow.
The COOP observer in Primghar measured 2.0 inches of snow and the COOP observer in Sheldon measured 2.5 inches of snow.
The COOP observer in Storm Lake measured 2.5 inches of snow and the COOP observer in Sioux Rapids measured 3.4 inches of snow.
The COOP observer 1 mile north of Spencer measured 2.5 inches of snow. There was also a public observer in Peterson that measured 3.9 inches of snow.
The CoCoRaHS observer 1 mile south-southeast of Milford measured 1.3 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, March 2023
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: 1089469, 1089473, 1089475, 1089476, 1089477, 1089478, 1089479, 1089480, 1089481.