PIERRE — The second, more severe round of a late winter snow storm is set to drill down today across South Dakota. This storm is similar to earlier snow storms this winter that caused blocked highways with both snow drifts and stuck vehicles. Hughes County Sheriff Patrick Callahan says it’s important to take road conditions seriously…
Callahan and his deputies dealt with numerous vehicles that got stranded on remote stretches of Hughes County highways. He says if you find you must travel you need to understand that a rescue may not be possible…
The wind and extreme cold expected are different from previous blizzards…
Blizzards Warnings are posted for Hughes, Sully, Potter, Hand, Hyde and Buffalo Counties with Winter Storm Warnings in effect for Stanley, Lyman, Jones, Dewey, Ziebach, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette, Tripp and Brule Counties.
