A narrow band of heavy snow fell from Fargo to just east of International Falls from around noon on January 28th to the early morning hours of the 29th. This snow was associated with a strong cold front over eastern North Dakota. The heaviest snowfall was in a band about 40 miles wide from Wilkin County northeastward to Koochiching County. Six to ten inches of snow were reported in this band. The deepest snow report found so far in Minnesota include a foot of snow at a station 12 miles northeast of Detroit Lakes and also at Pennington.
Below are Public Information Statements from the National Weather Service.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
104 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM YESTERDAY INTO EARLY THIS MORNING...
A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES FELL
ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS DETROIT
LAKES AND BEMIDJI YESTERDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TODAY. A NARROW BAND
OF 10 TO 13 INCHES OCCURRED WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS BAND. A SHARP CUT-OFF IN SNOW
TOTALS OCCURRED ON THE EDGES OF THE SNOW BAND...WITH LITTLE OR NO
SNOW FALLING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM VALLEY CITY TO HILLSBORO
NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY.
THESE REPORTS WERE GATHERED FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...COCORAHS
OBSERVERS...WEATHER SPOTTERS...AND SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES.
NORTH DAKOTA...
LOCATION: INCHES
MOORETON 4S..................13.0
COLFAX.......................10.5
LIDGERWOOD...................10.0
CAYUGA........................9.0
HAVANA........................8.6
ABERCROMBIE...................8.0
KINDRED.......................7.1
FORMAN........................7.0
MCLEOD........................6.0
FARGO 1ESE....................5.0
HARWOOD.......................3.5
MINNESOTA...
LOCATION: INCHES
DETROIT LAKES 12NE...........12.0
PENNINGTON...................12.0
BEMIDJI 3E...................11.5
LAPORTE......................11.0
BRECKENRIDGE 3SE.............10.5
LAKE ITASCA..................10.0
PUPOSKY......................10.0
VERGAS.......................10.0
ROTHSAY......................10.0
PELICAN RAPIDS................9.5
LONG LOST LAKE................9.0
ROCHERT 13NNE.................8.8
TWIN VALLEY...................7.8
FERGUS FALLS 1NE..............7.5
RED LAKE 5S...................7.0
HAWLEY 9SSE...................6.8
LAKE PARK.....................6.2
BAGLEY........................6.0
SABIN.........................5.8
MOORHEAD......................5.4
MENAHGA 2WSW..................5.0
SEBEKA........................4.0
NEW YORK MILLS................4.0
BATTLE LAKE 2SSE..............3.0
DEER CREEK 2WSW...............3.0
WADENA........................2.5
ERSKINE 8SW...................2.0
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
955 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
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 DIXON LAKE MN ITASCA 0916 AM
10.50 1 WNW TOWN OF CASS LAKE MN CASS 0859 AM
10.00 BIGFORK MN ITASCA 0627 AM
8.50 5 S LITTLEFORK MN KOOCHICHING 0905 AM
8.30 3 S NORTHOME MN ITASCA 0832 AM
8.00 14 SE INTERNATIONAL FAL MN KOOCHICHING 0826 AM
MEASURED AT KETTLE FALLS
8.00 2 SSW KABETOGAMA MN ST. LOUIS 0659 AM
7.60 7 S BIGFORK MN ITASCA 0826 AM
7.00 1 S WALKER MN CASS 0742 AM
6.50 TOGO MN ITASCA 0825 AM
6.50 INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN KOOCHICHING 0728 AM
6.40 INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN KOOCHICHING 0550 AM
3 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.
6.30 3 E ORR MN ST. LOUIS 0556 AM
STILL SNOWING.
6.10 3 W INDUS MN KOOCHICHING 0908 AM
6.00 1 NNW FEDERAL DAM MN CASS 0910 AM
5.80 1 N HACKENSACK MN CASS 0759 AM
5.50 12 N GRAND RAPIDS MN ITASCA 0717 AM
5.50 DEER RIVER MN ITASCA 0638 AM
4.30 HACKENSACK MN CASS 0655 AM
4.10 POKEGAMA DAM MN ITASCA 0827 AM
4.00 8 W REMER MN CASS 0916 AM
4.00 8 ENE COOK MN ST. LOUIS 0627 AM
1.40 2 NE GRAND RAPIDS MN ITASCA 0634 AM
1.00 EMBARRASS MN ST. LOUIS 0556 AM
0.80 5 N BABBITT MN ST. LOUIS 0809 AM
0.50 CROSSLAKE MN CROW WING 0835 AM
0.50 7 NW BRAINERD MN CROW WING 0827 AM
0.50 LUTSEN MN COOK 0813 AM
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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0.20 BAYFIELD WI BAYFIELD 0644 AM
0.13 MERCER WI IRON 0554 AM
0.10 1 WSW SAXON WI IRON 0655 AM
0.03 1 E ALBORN MN ST. LOUIS 0500 AM
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