The snowstorm of April 22 to 24, 2013

The Regional Snowfall Index is NOAA’s ranking of snowstorms east of the Rockies by how much snow fell, over how wide an area and on how many people, region by region: the area and the population above four snowfall thresholds set for each region, weighted against that region’s own history. A storm is scored in each region it reached, on a scale from 1, notable, to 5, extreme.

Events

127

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

None recorded

Episodes

20

Every winter weather episode the Weather Service filed east of the Rockies in these dates. A few may belong to another system on the same days. 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.

• Winter Storm in Wyoming, April 21 to 22, 20131 eventA strong Spring storm system moved across the Northern Rockies and brought heavy snow to the mountain and foothill locations of North Central Wyoming.
• Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 21 to 22, 201311 eventsAn upper level system brought rain and snow to western South Dakota during the night and morning of April 21-22. Rain changed quickly to snow during the late evening across the Black Hills and far western South Dakota plains.
• Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 21 to 22, 20133 eventsAn upper level system brought snow to northeastern Wyoming during the night of April 21-22. The heaviest snow fell across northern Campbell County and the Wyoming Black Hills, where accumulations of five to ten inches were reported.
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, April 22, 20137 eventsWet snow accumulated 3 to 6 inches in southeast South Dakota, mainly west of the James River.
• Winter Weather in Nebraska, April 22, 20136 eventsAnother burst of late winter visited mainly northern portions of South Central Nebraska on Monday the 22nd, as parts of Valley, Greeley and Nance counties received 1-4 inches of wet snow from a rather quick-moving precipitation shield that passed through the area primarily…
• Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 22 to 23, 20134 eventsA winter storm brought a quick dose of heavy snow to parts of northeast Minnesota, including the Mille Lacs, St. Croix Valley, Twin Ports, and North Shore areas.
• Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, April 22 to 23, 20138 eventsA winter storm brought a quick dose of heavy snow to much of northwest Wisconsin. Snowfall reports included 11 inches near Sarona (Washburn County), 11 inches 19 miles southwest of Mellen (Sawyer County), 11 inches near Cornucopia and Clam Lake (Bayfield County), 10 inches near…
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, April 22 to 23, 20132 eventsDuring the night a band of heavy snow developed roughly along I-70 over Kit Carson county, with some heavy snowfall extending up into southwest Yuma county.
• Winter Storm in Minnesota, April 22 to 23, 201312 eventsA fast developing snow storm quickly developed across western Iowa Monday afternoon, April 22nd, and moved across northern Iowa, and into central Wisconsin by early Tuesday morning.
• Winter Storm in Michigan, April 22 to 23, 20136 eventsA low pressure system moving from the Plains into Ontario dumped heavy snow over portions of western Upper Michigan from the evening of the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kansas, April 22 to 23, 20133 eventsA band of heavy snowfall developed roughly along I-70 across Sherman and Thomas counties, with lesser amounts over Sheridan county.
• Winter Storm in Wisconsin, April 22 to 23, 20136 eventsA fast developing snow storm quickly developed across western Iowa Monday afternoon, April 22nd, and moved across northern Iowa, and into central Wisconsin by early Tuesday morning.
• Winter Weather in Kansas, April 22 to 23, 20135 eventsWinter was slow to loosen its grip on North Central Kansas in 2013, as one of the top-5 coldest months of April on record featured a late-season snowfall of 1-4 inches that mainly fell between the late evening of Monday the 22nd and sunrise on Tuesday the 23rd.
• Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, April 22 to 23, 20131 eventLess than three days after heavy snow fell across northwest Vilas county, yet another storm hit the northwest part of the county with heavy, wet snow. A cold front moved into central Wisconsin and stalled.
• Cold in Texas, April 22 to 23, 201320 eventsA cold front moved through the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon hours of the 22nd. The post frontal airmass allowed temperatures to drop below freezing shortly before 12:00 AM CST on the 23rd.
• Cold in Oklahoma, April 22 to 23, 20133 eventsA cold front moved through the Oklahoma Panhandle during the afternoon hours of the 22nd. The post frontal airmass allowed temperatures to drop below freezing shortly before 12:00 AM CST on the 23rd.
• Winter Weather in Texas, April 22 to 23, 20135 eventsA cold front moved across the Panhandles during the early afternoon hours on the 22nd. The cold post frontal air caused surface temperatures to drop below freezing shortly before midnight on the 23rd.
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, April 22 to 23, 20131 eventA cold front moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early afternoon hours on the 22nd. The cold post frontal air caused surface temperatures to drop below freezing shortly before midnight on the 23rd.
• Cold in Texas, April 23 to 24, 201320 eventsA cold post-frontal airmass was well established across the Texas Panhandle, and allowed temperatures to drop below freezing from the evening hours of the 23rd through the morning hours of the 24th.
• Cold in Oklahoma, April 23 to 24, 20133 eventsA cold post-frontal airmass was well established across the Oklahoma Panhandle, and allowed temperatures to drop below freezing from the evening hours of the 23rd through the morning hours of the 24th.

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NOAA NCEI Regional Snowfall Index, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.