The Nation - News from April 27, 1988
More than a foot of heavy, wet snow blanketed the northern plains as a storm system moved eastward out of the Rockies. The storm spread snow in South Dakota, northern Nebraska, southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa. Some of the heaviest snow was reported along the South Dakota-Nebraska border. The storm left 14 inches of snow at Custer, S.D., and 12 inches near Bonesteel and Gregory, S.D. Seven inches fell in Pipestone, Minn., 6 inches in Valentine, Neb., and 5 inches in Rock Valley, Iowa. Power outages were reported in Yankton, S.D., and from around Ainsworth, Neb., to the South Dakota border.
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