Snow on November 3-4, 2003
The first significant snow of the season for central and southern Minnesota blanketed the area
with one to six inches of snow. The heaviest snow was over central and northern Minnesota.
Little Falls saw around half a foot of snow and Askov in Pine County picked up 7 inches. Southeastern
parts of the state escaped the brunt of the accumulating snows due to some warmer temperatures.
Most of the roads across the Twin Cities were mainly wet, but the snow left a pretty postcard
appearance on area trees and surrounding landscape. This was the
earliest one inch or more season snowfall for the Twin Cities since November, 1997
when an inch of snow fell on November 2nd.
Listed below are some snowfall totals from this event courtesy the National Weather Service.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
905 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003
THE FIRST SNOW EVENT OF THE SEASON LEFT A WIDE SWATH OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW BEGAN MONDAY MORNING...
TAPERED OFF MONDAY EVENING...BUT REDEVELOPED AGAIN IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING MONDAY NIGHT.
HERE ARE SOME FINAL SNOWFALL TALLYS FROM ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
CITY COUNTY AMOUNT /INCHES/
LITTLE FALLS AREA..MORRISON...................6.0-7.0
CANBY..............YELLOW MEDICINE..............6.0
BENSON.............SWIFT........................5.5
ONAMIA.............MILLE LACS...................5.0
MADISON............LAC QUI PARLE................4.5
MORRIS.............STEVENS......................4.5
ST. JOSEPH.........STEARNS......................4.0
ST. CLOUD/SCSU/....STEARNS......................3.8
LONG PRAIRIE.......TODD.........................3.5
MORA...............KANABEC......................3.5
BROWNTON...........MCLEOD.......................3.0
ALEXANDRIA.........DOUGLAS......................3.0
EDEN VALLEY........MEEKER.......................2.5
REDWOOD FALLS......REDWOOD......................2.5
MANKATO............BLUE EARTH...................2.0
VESTA..............REDWOOD......................2.0
AMERY..............POLK.........................2.0
ST. PETER..........NICOLLET.....................1.8
ROCKFORD...........HENNEPIN.....................1.6
BUFFALO............WRIGHT.......................1.5
CHASKA.............CARVER.......................1.5
SAVAGE.............SCOTT........................1.4
NWS CHANHASSEN.....CARVER.......................1.4
THE SNOW WAS APPROPRIATELY TIMED...AS IT COINCIDED WITH THE BEGINNING OF WINTER HAZARD
AWARENESS WEEK IN MINNESOTA AND WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN WISCONSIN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MPX/WHAW.HTML /LOWER CASE/.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1030 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003
THESE ARE UPDATED OR NEW SNOWFALL TOTALS RECEIVED FROM COOPERATIVE AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS THROUGH 10AM.
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
ST LOUIS COUNTY SNOWFALL/ SNOW DEPTH
NWS DULUTH.............. 4.9 / 5 IN ...UPDATED
FLOODWOOD............... 2.0 / 2 IN
KABETOGAMA.............. 1.0 / 1 IN ...UPDATED
BROOKSTONE.............. 2.3 / 2 IN
PINE COUNTY
PINE CITY............... 2.5 / 3 IN
ITASCA OUNTY
DIXON LAKE.............. 2.0 / 2 IN
CASS COUNTY
FEDERAL DAM............. 2.0 / 2 IN
1E PILLAGER............. 1.5 / 2 IN
CROW WING COUNTY
BRAINERD 4SW............ 3.5 / 4 IN
EMILY................... 2.3 / 2 IN
LAKE COUNTY
ISABELLA................ 1.0 / 3 IN
DNR AT FINLAND.......... 3.0 / 3 IN
WOLF RIDGE CENTER....... 2.2 / 2 IN
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
825 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2003
THESE ARE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS FROM COOPERATIVE AND SNOWFALL
OBSERVERS THROUGH 8AM THIS MORNING.
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
ST LOUIS COUNTY SNOWFALL/ SNOW DEPTH
NWS DULUTH.............. 4.4 / 4 IN
3NE DULUTH.............. 4.0 / 4 IN
ADOLPH.................. 3.5 / 4 IN
EMBARRASS............... T / T IN
COOK.................... T / T IN
CRANE LAKE.............. T / T IN
TOWER 3S................ 3.0 / 3 IN
GARY NEW DULUTH......... 4.0 / 4 IN
LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP....... 4.0 / 4 IN
CARLTON COUNTY
MOOSE LAKE.............. 3.0 / 3 IN
PINE COUNTY
HINCKLEY................ 2.0 / 2 IN
ASKOV................... 7.0 / 7 IN
BRUNO/ASKOV MIDWAY BTWN. 5.0 / 5 IN
KOOCHICHING COUNTY
INTERNATIONAL FALLS..... T / T IN
ITASCA COUNTY
SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS... 1.2 / 1 IN
AITKIN COUNTY
ISLE 12N................ 2.6 / 3 IN
CROW WING COUNTY
BRAINERD................ 2.0 / 2 IN
BRAINERD 2E............. 2.0 / 2 IN
NISSWA 3NE.............. 1.0 / 1 IN
LAKE COUNTY
TWO HARBORS 7NW......... 2.0 / 2 IN
SILVER BAY.............. 1.5 / 2 IN
COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
1055 AM CST TUE NOV 04 2003
HIGH TEMPERATURES PAST 24 HOURS (7AM - 7AM)
LOW TEMPERATURES PAST 24 HOURS (7AM - 7AM)
PRECIPITATION TOTAL PAST 24 HOURS (7AM - 7AM)
TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION (24 HRS)
MAX MIN PRECIP SNOWFALL DEPTH
BLACKDUCK 25 15 M 2.0 3
BRECKENRIDGE 27 20 M 4.5 M
CROOKSTON 26 13 0.07 3.0 3
DALTON 3S 29 26 0.13 1.8 2
MOORHEAD 26 22 0.19 1.5 1
NORRIS CAMP DNR 22 6 0.14 3.0 7
RED LAKE FALLS 24 12 0.13 3.0 3
SABIN 27 18 0.28 2.0 2
TAMERAC REFUGE 25 17 M 1.7 2
WADENA 29 24 0.32 3.0 3
BAUDETTE M 1.0 1
CAMPBELL M 4.0 4
FERGUS FALLS M 4.5 M
GREENBUSH M 0.3 2
ITASCA 0.13 1.5 2
LANCASTER M 0.5 1
LONG LOST LAKE M 1.6 2
PELICAN RAPIDS 2N M 3.3 3
ROTHSAY M 3.0 M
VIKING M 4.0 5
WARREN M 3.3 3
WARROAD M 1.0 M
THIEF RIVER FALLS M 3.5 M
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