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 ------ ----------------------- -- -------------- ------- 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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