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Areas of Heavy Rainfall and Critical Fire Weather on Wednesday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia Wednesday. Recently burned areas will be particularly vulnerable to flash flooding. Gusty winds and low humidity will bring critical fire weather to parts of the Northwest U.S. and central Alaska on Wednesday where Red Flag Warnings are in effect. Read More >

Summary of Heavy Snow Event
April 10-12th, 2008

Overview

A blizzard impacted the North Shore, Twin Ports, and points east along the South Shore of Lake Superior late Thursday through Friday, April 10th-12th, 2008. Heavy snow and high winds, frequently gusting to more than 40 mph, resulted in white-out conditions and widespread blowing and drifting snow across the Northland.

Lightning was also observed at many locations. Numerous trees were downed and power outages were reported as well. The graphic at right shows the snowfall totals from this storm contoured every 2 inches. Peak wind gusts in miles per hour near Lake Superior are also shown in the white, italic text.

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