Courtesy: MNDOT
Icy roads created headaches in the northern Twin Cities, while heavy snow fell in far northern Minnesota.
On January 2-3, 2017 a large sprawled-out storm system brought heavy snow to northern Minnesota, and a wintry mix of light precipitation to central and southern Minnesota. Light rain, drizzle and a few snowflakes fell across the Twin Cities with roads becoming glazed in the evening of January 2nd with no travel advised for a time between Rogers and Clearwater on 1-94. There were 100 crashes reported in the metro area between 7pm and 10pm on the 2nd. The freezing rain and drizzle only amounted to a hundredth of an inch or so, but was enough to create a light coating of ice on roads.
On January 3, a weak area of low pressure moved from southwest Minnesota in the early hours to near Duluth by 9am and to Thunder Bay by noon. In northern Minnesota, snow and strong winds continued through the morning of the 3rd with falling temperatures to zero and blowing snow causing MNDOT to post "No Travel Advised" over northwest Minnesota on the morning of January 3. The highest snow total found so far is 13 inches at Warroad in Roseau County and 13 inches at Baudette in Lake of the Woods County.
Below is a list of snowfall reports gathered by the National Weather Service
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1042 AM CST TUE JAN 03 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW HOLT 48.29N 96.19W
01/03/2017 M13.0 INCH MARSHALL MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW ROSEAU 48.85N 95.76W
01/03/2017 E13.0 INCH ROSEAU MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 SW ERSKINE 47.58N 96.14W
01/03/2017 M4.7 INCH POLK MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 N MOORHEAD 46.89N 96.76W
01/03/2017 M8.6 INCH CLAY MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM SNOW 2 WSW DEER CREEK 46.38N 95.36W
01/03/2017 M4.6 INCH OTTER TAIL MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 N PELICAN RAPIDS 46.66N 96.09W
01/03/2017 M7.2 INCH OTTER TAIL MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 WSW MENAHGA 46.74N 95.14W
01/03/2017 M6.0 INCH WADENA MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM SNOW 5 NW DENT 46.60N 95.79W
01/03/2017 M5.9 INCH OTTER TAIL MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW MCINTOSH 47.64N 95.89W
01/03/2017 M10.0 INCH POLK MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW HANNAFORD 47.31N 98.19W
01/03/2017 M9.0 INCH GRIGGS ND PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 SW GRAND FORKS 47.87N 97.15W
01/03/2017 M8.5 INCH GRAND FORKS ND COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 WNW HOPE 47.35N 97.82W
01/03/2017 M7.1 INCH STEELE ND COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 WNW DURBIN 46.84N 97.25W
01/03/2017 M10.4 INCH CASS ND COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NE FARGO 46.91N 96.77W
01/03/2017 M8.1 INCH CASS ND COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW SSE FARGO 46.88N 96.82W
01/03/2017 M9.5 INCH CASS ND COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW ABERCROMBIE 46.45N 96.73W
01/03/2017 M5.8 INCH RICHLAND ND COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW LISBON 46.44N 97.68W
01/03/2017 M8.0 INCH RANSOM ND COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW CROOKSTON 47.77N 96.61W
01/03/2017 M10.0 INCH POLK MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 7 SW GOODRIDGE 48.07N 95.91W
01/03/2017 M8.9 INCH PENNINGTON MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 7 WNW WARREN 48.23N 96.91W
01/03/2017 M6.0 INCH MARSHALL MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM SNOW KARLSTAD 48.58N 96.52W
01/03/2017 M4.3 INCH KITTSON MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM SNOW 6 S LAKE PARK 46.80N 96.10W
01/03/2017 M5.0 INCH BECKER MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
0800 AM SNOW 4 E TURTLE RIVER 47.59N 94.67W
01/03/2017 E5.2 INCH BELTRAMI MN COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
850 AM CST TUE JAN 03 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0816 AM HEAVY SNOW WINTON 47.93N 91.80W
01/03/2017 M6.1 INCH ST. LOUIS MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
0820 AM SNOW BENNETT 46.45N 91.85W
01/03/2017 E1.0 INCH DOUGLAS WI PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
0836 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NE TOFTE 47.59N 90.84W
01/03/2017 E6.0 INCH COOK MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL. AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES HAD FELL LAST
NIGHT...ADDING UP TO THE 6 INCHES.
0836 AM SNOW E SUPERIOR 46.70N 92.06W
01/03/2017 E1.0 INCH DOUGLAS WI PUBLIC
IN EAST END SUPERIOR.
0841 AM SNOW 1 W PARK FALLS 45.93N 90.47W
01/03/2017 E1.0 INCH PRICE WI TRAINED SPOTTER