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47.5 Inches of snow in Deadwood S.D. yesterday

By Dae on Nov 7, 2008 | In General | Send feedback »

Holy shit on a shingle! If this happened in the St Louis area we would be in a state of emergency. Four feet of snow in one day is just insane.  Those poor people in Deadwood. They are a very small community in the heart of the Black Hills. Getting in just to help them dig out is going to be a huge undertaking. This is about an hour from my home town, Newcastle Wyoming. Most of my family still lives there.

Here’s a little run down:

The additional snow today will pale in comparison to the amounts that fell Thursday, especially in the Black Hills in western South Dakota. Deadwood, S.D. topped the snow totals, with a whopping 45.7 inches,

Bob Herz pushes his snowblower through a 3-foot deep snowdrift on his son’s Rapid City, S.D. driveway on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/ Steve McEnroe)
while Rapid City, S.D. set a daily record with 9 inches Thursday.

Additional snow totals through Thursday evening include:
  • Redig, S.D.: 24 inches
  • Deerfield, S.D.: 20 inches
  • Downtown Sturgis, S.D.: 16 inches
  • Logan, N.D.: 12 inches
  • Sundance, Wyo.: 12 inches


The wind Thursday blasted to hurricane strength with an 85-mph gust recorded in East Rapid City. Winds today will gust above 40 mph, leading to potential for additional power outages from the Dakotas to Kansas.

According to Fox News Channel, more than 10,000 customers lost power Thursday across western Nebraska and South Dakota.



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