Heavy Snow & Arctic Outbreak
March 9th-11th, 2009
Overview
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Storm Recap from the Minnesota State Climatology Office: A rapidly deepening area of low pressure moved from eastern Iowa to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the day on Tuesday, March 10. A mixed bag of rain and snow fell over southern and parts of central Minnesota, including the Twin Cities. Heavy snow fell over western and northern Minnesota, with blizzard conditions in the Red River Valley. These conditions forced the closure of highways, including I-94 from Jamestown, North Dakota to Fergus Falls. The highest snowfall reported was 18.8 inches at International Falls, but this includes a secondary storm that happened on March 9th. Fargo picked up more unwanted precipitation with 10.1 inches of snow (.78 inches of melted precipitation) on March 9th and 10th. As the winter storm swept into Ontario on March 11, northwest winds continued throughout the day with bitterly cold air entrenched across Minnesota. The coldest wind chill found on March 11 was -36 degrees at 7am in Bemidji. The Twin Cities had a minimum temperature of -4 on March 12. While not a record, the last time it dipped to zero or colder so late in a winter season in the Twin Cities was March 15, 1997. Embarrass and Babbitt reached -35 below zero on March 12, setting a new coldest record low for Minnesota for March 12. The old record was -34 set at Ada in 1896. |
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Snow Reports
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NOUS43 KDLH 111649
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1141 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2009
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT BEGAN IN
AREAS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING. DATA
WAS COLLECTED BY A DEDICATED NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE WEATHER
OBSERVERS AND SNOW SPOTTERS.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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18.80 INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN KOOCHICHING 0700 AM
STORM TOTAL
16.20 KABETOGAMA MN ST. LOUIS 0700 AM
STORM TOTAL
15.70 LITTLEFORK MN KOOCHICHING 0800 AM
STORM TOTAL
14.00 DIXON LAKE MN ITASCA 0800 AM
12.60 3 E ORR MN ST. LOUIS 0800 AM
11.00 GRAND PORTAGE MN COOK 0800 AM
11.00 3 E ORR MN ST. LOUIS 0600 AM
10.80 NORTHOME MN KOOCHICHING 0800 AM
STORM TOTAL
9.50 15 NW GRAND MARAIS MN COOK 0900 AM
9.00 6 NW GRAND MARAIS MN COOK 0800 AM
9.00 1 SW TOFTE MN COOK 0800 AM
8.80 8 S BIGFORK MN ITASCA 0800 AM
STORM TOTAL
8.50 LUTSEN MN COOK 0730 AM
8.30 LOON LAKE MN COOK 0730 AM
8.00 2 ENE HOVLAND MN COOK 0800 AM
8.00 REMER MN CASS 0800 AM
8.00 EMBARRASS MN ST. LOUIS 0600 AM
0.63 LIQUID EQUIVALENT.
7.80 BAYFIELD WI BAYFIELD 0700 AM
7.30 FEDERAL DAM MN CASS 0800 AM
STORM TOTAL
7.00 6 NE CLOVERLAND WI DOUGLAS 0730 AM
7.00 COTTON MN ST. LOUIS 0715 AM
6.60 OULU WI BAYFIELD 0730 AM
6.50 PEQUOT LAKES MN CROW WING 0900 AM
6.50 BRAINERD MN CROW WING 0730 AM
6.30 MAPLE WI DOUGLAS 0715 AM
6.30 DULUTH MN ST. LOUIS 0700 AM
DULUTH NWS FORECAST OFFICE...24-HOUR TOTAL.
6.20 MARCELL MN ITASCA 0800 AM
6.20 5 NE ASKOV MN PINE 0730 AM
6.10 15 N GRAND RAPIDS MN ITASCA 0600 AM
STORM TOTAL
6.00 SAGINAW MN ST. LOUIS 0800 AM
6.00 CROSSLAKE MN CROW WING 0800 AM
6.00 LITTLE MARAIS MN LAKE 0800 AM
5.90 NORTHOME MN KOOCHICHING 0800 AM
5.50 3 NE NISSWA MN CROW WING 0830 AM
5.50 8 NE COOK MN ST. LOUIS 0600 AM
STORM TOTAL
5.30 LEECH LAKE MN CASS 0800 AM
5.30 5 NW WASHBURN WI BAYFIELD 0800 AM
5.00 CULVER MN ST. LOUIS 0900 AM
5.00 6 SW TWO HARBORS MN LAKE 0830 AM
5.00 ENE GRAND MARAIS MN COOK 0800 AM
5.00 2 SSW STURGEON LAKE MN PINE 0800 AM
5.00 MOOSE LAKE MN CARLTON 0730 AM
4.80 12 N ISLE MN AITKIN 0730 AM
4.60 KERRICK MN PINE 0600 AM
4.50 7 NW BENNETT WI DOUGLAS 1000 AM
4.50 BENNETT WI DOUGLAS 0800 AM
4.50 GURNEY WI IRON 0800 AM
4.30 WASHBURN WI BAYFIELD 0730 AM
4.00 CLOQUET MN CARLTON 1015 AM
4.00 TRADE LAKE WI BURNETT 1015 AM
4.00 SAXON WI IRON 0800 AM
3.50 NNW KNIFE RIVER MN LAKE 0800 AM
3.30 HAYWARD WI SAWYER 0600 AM
3.00 HURLEY WI IRON 0800 AM
3.00 HERTEL WI BURNETT 0730 AM
2.50 PARK FALLS WI PRICE 0800 AM
2.50 GORDON WI DOUGLAS 0800 AM
2.00 BUTTERNUT WI ASHLAND 0600 AM
1.50 4 W CLAM LAKE WI BURNETT 0800 AM
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Extreme Cold
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NOUS43 KDLH 121947
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
235 PM CDT THURSDAY MAR 12 2009
A NEW STATE RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING. THE PREVIOUS STATE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 12TH
WAS SET IN 1896 AT THE TOWN OF ADA WHICH REPORTED -34 DEGREES.
EMBARRASS AND BABBIT BOTH REPORTED -35 DEGREES THIS MORNING MARCH
12, 2009.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SAMPLE OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES FROM ACROSS THE
AREA THIS MORNING.
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
MIN
EMBM5: EMBARRASS............COOP: -35
BABM5: BABBIT...............COOP: -35
XVG : LONGVILLE............AWOS: -33
LEIM5: ORR 3E...............COOP: -30
FLDM5: FLOODWOOD 3W.........COOP: -30
FOZ : BIGFORK..............AWOS: -29
CDD : CRANE LAKE...........AWOS: -29
INL : INTERNATIONAL FALLS..ASOS: -28
PWC : PINE RIVER...........AWOS: -27
HIB : HIBBING ARPT.........ASOS: -27
NOHM5: NORTHOME.............COOP: -27
BRD : BRAINERD.............ASOS: -25
MZH : MOOSE LAKE...........AWOS: -24
GPZ : GRAND RAPIDS.........AWOS: -24
EVM : EVELETH..............AWOS: -24
AIT : AITKIN...............AWOS: -24
HCKM5: HINCKLEY.............COOP: -24
CRLM5: CROSS LAKE DAM.......COOP: -24
BRUM5: BRUNO................COOP: -24
KABM5: KABETOGAMA...........COOP: -22
GLLM5: GULL LAKE DAM........COOP: -22
CSLM5: CASS LAKE............COOP: -22
ORB : ORR..................AWOS: -20
ELO : ELY..................AWOS: -20
COQ : CLOQUET..............AWOS: -20
CKC : GRAND MARAIS.........AWOS: -20
GNFM5: GUNFLINT LAKE 10NW...COOP: -20
TWM : TWO HARBORS..........AWOS: -18
CQM : COOK.................AWOS: -18
COKM5: COOK 8NE.............COOP: -18
HZX : MCGREGOR.............AWOS: -17
GNA : GRAND MARAIS MN......ASOS: -17
BFW : SILVER BAY...........AWOS: -17
PKGM5: POKEGAMA DAM.........COOP: -17
WLFM5: WOLF RIDGE ELC.......COOP: -15
DLH : DULUTH AIRPORT.......ASOS: -14
STATE RECORD TEMPERATURE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE MINNESOTA
CLIMATOLOGY WORKING GROUP HTTP://CLIMATE.UMN.EDU.
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