Blizzard Warning Extended Into Central South Dakota

Blizzard Warning Extended Into Central South Dakota

PIERRE — The National Weather Service has extended a Blizzard Warning into Hughes, Stanley, Jones, Lyman Sully, Dewey, Buffalo and Brule Counties to Friday at noon. A Blizzard Warning has already been in effect for much of western and west central South Dakota. Meteorologist Kari Fleegle at the Weather Service’s Aberdeen Bureau says blizzard conditions will push east through Friday…

Fleegle says winter storm warnings are also being pushed out another day…

The storm has already dropped some impressive snow fall totals with more to be added…

The storm has come in waves with heavy snow followed by lulls and Fleegle says that can be hard to explain to the public…

The South Dakota Department of Transportation has opened I-90 from Rapid City to Wyoming, but it remains closed from Rapid City to Chamberlain and will close to Mitchell at Four PM