April Snow, Mountain Iron, MN - Courtesy MPR
A powerful spring storm brought winter back to Minnesota about 12 hours after tornadoes were reported. The Storm Prediction Center received 3 reports of tornadoes Sunday afternoon in central and southwestern Minnesota. By Monday morning, snow was flying across the northeastern half of the state close to a foot of heavy, wet snow reported at Chisholm and Orr. Trees and power lines were knocked down thanks to the snow in some areas. Wind gusts to 52mph were reported Monday in western Minnesota as cold air wrapped around the storm. At midday, Grand Marais on Lake Superior’s north shore had a wind chill of -1°F thanks to northerly winds of 25mph and an air temperature of only 18°F!
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
929 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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11.00 CHISHOLM MN ST. LOUIS 0817 AM
11.00 3 E ORR MN ST. LOUIS 0601 AM
11.00 4 N CHISHOLM MN ST. LOUIS 0529 AM
10.00 TOGO MN ITASCA 0518 AM
9.40 KABETOGAMA MN ST. LOUIS 0700 AM
8.00 BIGFORK MN ITASCA 0604 AM
8.00 COOK MN ST. LOUIS 0600 AM
7.50 WIRT MN ITASCA 0730 AM
6.50 DIXON LAKE MN ITASCA 0922 AM
6.00 RAY MN KOOCHICHING 0405 AM
WET HEAVY SNOW.
5.50 HACKENSACK MN CASS 0604 AM
5.00 REMER MN CASS 0849 AM
5.00 7 SE GRAND RAPIDS MN ITASCA 0849 AM
5.00 BABBITT MN ST. LOUIS 0830 AM
5.00 COHASSET MN ITASCA 0601 AM
5.00 DEER RIVER MN ITASCA 0529 AM
4.80 ELY MN ST. LOUIS 0750 AM
4.50 LEADER MN CASS 0844 AM
4.00 8 SW EVELETH MN ST. LOUIS 0905 AM
4.00 GRAND RAPIDS MN ITASCA 0405 AM
VERY WET HEAVY SNOW. TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT ITASCA COUNTY.
3.10 7 NW BRAINERD MN CROW WING 0830 AM
3.00 CASS LAKE MN CASS 0405 AM
WET HEAVY SNOW. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT CASS COUNTY.
2.00 SAGINAW MN ST. LOUIS 0906 AM
1.60 BAYFIELD WI BAYFIELD 0800 AM
1.40 3 NNW ILLGEN CITY MN LAKE 0726 AM
1.00 CORNUCOPIA WI BAYFIELD 0726 AM
1.00 WALKER MN CASS 0405 AM
WET HEAVY SNOW.
0.60 5 NW DULUTH MN ST. LOUIS 0700 AM
0.50 1 W WENTWORTH WI DOUGLAS 0730 AM
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HLUCHAN
Written by Don Moldenhauer, My-Cast Meteorologist
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