Another amplifying wave in rapid west-northwest flow aloft brought a quick shot of snowfall to the region. With lapse rates slightly unstable on the warm side of the baroclinic zone, strong frontogenetic forcing resulted in a narrow band and brief of very intense snowfall which resulting in less than a half mile visibility at times.

Winter Weather in MINNEHAHA, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 5.6 inches at 5 miles southeast of Sioux Falls, 4.8 inches at the NWS Office in Sioux Falls and 4.5 inches near Hartford and at Wall Lake.  The snowfall which reached around 1-2 inches per hour at times between 1000-1400CST.  At the peak around 1040CST, Allegiant Air Flight 456 attempted to land and skidded 20 feet off the end of the runway. There were no injuries or significant damage, but passengers were forced to remain on the plane until around 1300CST.

Winter Weather in LINCOLN, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 4.2 inches at Canton.

Winter Weather in TURNER, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 4.2 inches at Marion and 3.4 inches near Hurley.

Winter Weather in UNION, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 1.8 inches 6 miles north northeast of Elk Point.

Winter Weather in BEADLE, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 05:00:00 to 08-APR-18 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 4.0 inches 2 miles southeast of Wessington and 3.8 inches near Huron.

Winter Weather in KINGSBURY, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 5.5 inches at De Smet and 4.2 inches at Iroquois.

Winter Weather in SANBORN, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 1.5 inches near Forestburg.

Winter Weather in MINER, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 06:00:00 to 08-APR-18 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 2.8 inches at Howard.

Winter Weather in MOODY, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 5.0 inches 11 miles north of Colman and 4.7 inches at Flandreau.

Winter Weather in LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 4.1 inches 2 miles north of Chester and 4.0 inches 2 miles southeast of Madison.

Winter Weather in MCCOOK, SOUTH DAKOTA
From 08-APR-18 07:00:00 to 08-APR-18 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall developed quickly in the morning and continued briefly heavy at times into early afternoon. Southeast wind gusted to 30-35 mph and resulted in periods of visibility from one-quarter to one-half mile at times. Snowfall reached 4.5 inches at Bridgewater, 4.0 inches at Montrose and 3.0 inches 5 miles northeast of Salem.