STURGIS, S.D. – A robust spring snow storm has brought blizzard conditions to the Black Hills and surrounding foothills, and have led to no travel advisories across the area.
The weather quickly deteriorated Saturday afternoon, and the National Weather Service ended up not only extending the blizzard warning, but also adding to its list of winter weather advisories.
Added were a winter storm warning for the remainder of Meade and Pennington County. Winter weather advisories were added to counties of Interstate 90, including Oglala Lakota, Fall River, Bennett and Jackson counties.
(Saturday afternoon weather warnings and advisories. Courtesy NWS/Rapid City)
No travel advisories are up for major arterial highways in the Black Hills, the northern hills and northwest South Dakota. No travel is advised on I-90 from the Wyoming line to Wall.
In Sturgis, police say they waited as long as they could, in hopes people would stay off the roads. But, as conditions got worse, they decided to issue a no travel advisory in town.
In a Facebook post, Sturgis Police wrote “We held off as long as we could, but with deteriorating conditions, we are issuing a no travel advisory in and around Sturgis. Visibility is limited and the roads are treacherous. Please stay home so our Public Works crews can safely plow emergency routes for our first responders.”
(Sturgis Main Street, Saturday afternoon. Courtesy Sturgis Web Cams.)
