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Winter Weather — Lyman, South Dakota
January 16, 2026 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
At 3:44 PM, the Lyman County Sheriff responded to a five-vehicle accident on Interstate 90, five miles west of Reliance. The collision occurred when a vehicle slowed due to near-blizzard conditions caused by high winds and snow showers.||The South Dakota Department of Transportation mesonet station, located three miles west-northwest of Reliance, recorded wind gusts between 37 and 40 mph at the time of the incident. The chain-reaction accident resulted in eight injuries and two fatalities.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.