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Storm Brings Heavy Rain and Snow to Minnesota. April 21-23, 2001 Another massive storm moving through Minnesota on April 21-23 brought heavy rains and snow to Minnesota. Heavy snow fell in a 100 mile wide band from Browns Valley to the North Shore. Some places received a foot of snow. Ice buildup on power lines in Duluth caused numerous power outages and knocked many televison and radio stations off the air. In addition, heavy rains fell across much of central Minnesota. The heaviest rains were just to the south of the heavy snow band. The weekly precipitation, departure, and ranking map for the week ending April 23 shows the aerial coverage of this large storm. The rainfalls from this storm and the one earlier in the month set record April rainfalls for the Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Duluth, Rochester, and many other Minnesota cities. Below you will find various statements released by the National Weather Service regarding this event.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
920 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001
...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 9 AM...
SNOW WAS STILL FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...SO
THESE TOTALS ARE STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE. SEVERAL OBSERVERS ALSO
REPORTED SO MUCH SNOW THAT NOT ALL OF IT WAS NOT COLLECTED IN THEIR
GAUGES. THEREFORE SOME OF THESE TOTALS MAY EVEN BE CONSERVATIVE. THE
HEAVY WET SNOW DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IN SOME AREAS...SO A
FEW POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED.
LOCATION SNOWFALL TOTAL
FORMAN ND 12
12N PARK RAPIDS MN 12
BEMIDJI MN 12
VICTOR SD 11
PONSFORD MN 10
BRECKENRIDGE MN 10
CAYUGA ND 10
WAUBUN MN 10
CAMPBELL MN 9
BAGLEY MN 8
PARK RAPIDS MN 8
LISBON ND 8
FINGAL ND 7
MOORHEAD MN 7.2 (OFFICIAL F-M TOTAL)
12NE DETROIT LAKES MN 6
PELICAN RAPIDS MN 6
WENDELL MN 5
FERGUS FALLS MN 3
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
700 PM CDT MON APR 23 2001
THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CALLED IN BY
SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTERS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS...UP TO 600 PM TODAY.
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
RAINFALL/SNOWFALL
HINCKLEY 2 SW................... 4.50 / T
NWS DULUTH...................... 2.95 /2.4 INCHES
BEARSKIN LODGE GUNFLINT TRAIL... M /1.0 INCHES
SANDY LAKE...................... 2.10
LUTSEN.......................... 2.57 /3.0 INCHES
SAWBILL LAKE.................... 2.10 /2.0 INCHES
ASKOV........................... 3.43
ISABELLA........................ 2.42 /2.5 INCHES
3NE NISSWA...................... 1.55
MARCELL......................... 1.81 /2.4 INCHES
3N BRAINERD..................... 1.47
FINLAND......................... 2.73
MOTLEY.......................... 1.90
7NW TWO HARBORS................. 2.26 /1.0 INCHES
FNLAYSON 4SE.................... 3.25
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
CORNUCOPIA...................... 4.50 /2.0 INCHES
OULU............................ 3.22
GURNEY.......................... 2.26
SOLON SPRINGS................... 2.49
BUTTERNUT....................... 1.28
10 SW CLAM LAKE................. 1.80
ASHLAND (NORTHLAND COLLEGE)..... 1.40
PATTISON STATE PARK............. 3.05
GRANTSBURG...................... 2.45
PORT WING....................... 3.23
GORDON.......................... 2.51
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1220 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001
BROWNS VALLEY MN 10.0 INCHES
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
125 PM CDT MON APR 23 2001
STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES, FOR
APRIL 21, 22, AND 23, 2001.
MINNESOTA:
TYLER 4.89
MARSHALL 4.68
WORTHINGTON 4.33
LUVERNE 3.35
PIPESTONE 3.33
LAKE WILSON 3.00
LAKEFIELD 2.44
JACKSON 2.27
WINDOM 2.22
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