Winter makes a bit of a comeback in mid April.
Badly needed precipitation fell across much of Minnesota on April 15th and 16th, 2012. Some of the precipitation fell in the solid form over northern Minnesota, exactly one year to the day that another springtime snowstorm hit the state. The highest snowfall totals were in the Iron Range, with many places seeing four to eight inches of snow. Chisholm and Orr in St. Louis County had the highest totals with eleven inches.
The heavy wet snow downed trees and power lines in Cass and Itasca County.
National Weather Service Storm Summaries
Listed below are Public Information Statements and Storm Summaries from the National Weather Service.
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
154 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW 3 W HIBBING 47.40N 93.01W
04/16/2012 M7.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0622 AM SNOW HIBBING 47.40N 92.95W
04/16/2012 M8.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW SHELL LAKE 45.74N 91.90W
04/16/2012 M1.5 INCH WASHBURN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1002 AM SNOW ODANAH 46.60N 90.68W
04/16/2012 M1.4 INCH ASHLAND WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1125 AM SNOW COLERAINE 47.31N 93.42W
04/16/2012 M7.5 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1245 PM SNOW 2 ENE HOVLAND 47.85N 89.93W
04/16/2012 M0.5 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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