December 15th, 2010 Very Heavy Snow over Devils Lake basin

Overview

A very slow moving storm system dropped over a foot of snow across the Devils Lake Basin Wednesday December 15th, with several locations having more than a foot of snow. Heavy snow extended south and east across much of eastern North Dakota and into the west central Minnesota Lakes Country as well. Due to the presence of very dry air to the north and east of this storm, there was a very sharp cut-off between where snow fell and snow did not fall.

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...2-DAY SNOWFALL ROUND-UP...

THE FOLLOWING ARE SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THE PREVIOUS 2 DAYS
AS MEASURED IN THE MORNING BY NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS.
OBSERVATIONS ARE USUALLY TAKEN AT 8 AM.

  2-DAY SNOW TOTALS FOR THURSDAY (12/16/10)
     AS OF 11:28 AM CST

NORTH DAKOTA                                 2-DAY SNOW FALL
  LOCATION (COUNTY):                         AMT(IN) REPORTS

  STARKWEATHER (RAMSEY)........................14.0     (2)
  CHURCHS FERRY (RAMSEY).......................14.0     (1)
  DEVILS LAKE (RAMSEY).........................13.5     (1)
  SARLES 5NE (CAVALIER)........................12.5     (1)
  HANSBORO (TOWNER)............................12.5     (2)
  WAHPETON 12WNW (RICHLAND)....................12.0     (1)
  DEVILS LAKE KDLR (RAMSEY)....................12.0     (1)
  VALLEY CITY (BARNES).........................10.0     (1)
  LITCHVILLE (BARNES)...........................7.9     (1)
  LIDGERWOOD (RICHLAND).........................7.5     (1)
  VALLEY CITY 2NW (BARNES)......................6.3     (1)
  HAVANA (SARGENT)..............................5.0     (2)
  FORMAN (SARGENT)..............................5.0     (1)
  DAVENPORT (CASS)..............................5.0     (1)
  FARGO 1ESE (CASS).............................3.5     (1)
  FARGO 5SW (CASS)..............................3.5     (1)
  WEST FARGO 4SSE (CASS)........................3.4     (1)
  MAYVILLE (TRAILL).............................1.6     (1)
  LANKIN 6E (WALSH).............................0.2     (1)
  LANGDON EXP FARM (CAVALIER)...................0.2     (1)

MINNESOTA                                    2-DAY SNOW FALL
  LOCATION (COUNTY):                         AMT(IN) REPORTS

  BRECKENRIDGE 12NW (WILKIN)...................12.0     (1)
  BRECKENRIDGE (WILKIN).........................8.0     (1)
  ROTHSAY (WILKIN)..............................3.0     (1)
  SABIN (CLAY)..................................2.8     (1)

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