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| event_type | Blizzard |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,537,574 |
| episode_id | 2,404,446 |
| begin_utc | 1996-01-17T19:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 1996-01-18T22:00:00+00:00 |
| state | SOUTH DAKOTA |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | SPINK |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| episode_narrative | Six to twelve inches of snow, high winds from 40 to 60 mph, and cold arctic air resulted in blizzard conditions and extreme wind chills from 40 below to 70 below from the early afternoon of the 17th to the late afternoon of the 18th. Most schools, colleges, county and federal offices, and many buisnesses were closed. Also various activities were canceled. Flights out of Aberdeen during the evening of the 17th through the early morning of the 18th were canceled. Postal delivery was delayed across much of northeast South Dakota. Travel was extremely difficult. Highway 12 from Webster to the Minnesota border and Interstate-29 through Roberts and Grant counties to the North Dakota border were closed the 18th. Hundreds of people were stranded at truck stops with some people stranded in their vehicles. There were a few vehicle accidents and a few reports of windows blown out from the high winds with a sign also blown out in Groton. Some pheasants and wildlife were lost from the snow packed so hard that the animals could not dig out. Some snowfall amounts included, 6 inches 2S 3W Elm Lake and Tulare, 7 inches 9N 9W Britton, 8 inches at Doland, 9 inches at Mellette, Aberdeen and Redfield, 10 inches at Britton, and 12 inches 4N 2E Victor, Wilmot, and Rosholt. The extreme wind chills with some blowing snow continued throughout the early morning hours of the 19th. |
| year | 1,996 |
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