New Year's Eve Winter Storm
December 31, 2006
A large, lumbering storm system moved through the Upper Midwest on New Year's Eve Day, bringing with it large amounts
of precipitation in the form of rain, freezing rain, and snow. Precipitation totals topped one inch in many southern
and eastern Minnesota communities. Elsewhere, precipitation totals were greater than one half inch. Many single-day
all-time precipitation records were set for December 31. In some areas, the rain changed to snow early enough
in the day to lead to signficant snowfall accumulation. A swath of at least six inches of snow extended from
the Fairmont area, north through the western Twin Cities suburbs, through Cambridge and Mora, and into the
Iron Range and Minnesota's Arrowhead region.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1016 AM CST MON JAN 01 2007
...HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NEW YEARS EVE...
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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10.00 MANKATO MN BLUE EARTH 0925 PM
LIQUID EQUIVALENT REPORTED AT 1.07 INCHES
10.00 WACONIA MN CARVER 0746 PM
REPORTED BY NOHRSC EMPLOYEE
8.00 WINNEBAGO MN FARIBAULT 0945 PM
8.00 DEEPHAVEN MN HENNEPIN 0745 PM
7.50 1 SW DELANO MN WRIGHT 0700 PM
7.50 BUFFALO MN WRIGHT 0607 PM
7.50 2 N MONTROSE MN WRIGHT 0333 PM
7.40 CHASKA MN CARVER 0518 PM
7.00 ZIMMERMAN MN SHERBURNE 1159 PM
7.00 PLYMOUTH MN HENNEPIN 0945 PM
7.00 WATERTOWN MN CARVER 0730 PM
7.00 CORCORAN MN HENNEPIN 0700 PM
7.00 ST MICHAEL MN WRIGHT 0530 PM
7.00 HENDERSON MN SIBLEY 0518 PM
7.00 JANESVILLE MN WASECA 0518 PM
7.00 HENDERSON MN SIBLEY 0505 PM
7.00 LESTER PRAIRIE MN MCLEOD 0330 PM
6.00 PRINCETON MN MILLE LACS 1159 PM
6.00 SHAKOPEE MN SCOTT 1050 PM
6.00 MINNESOTA LAKE MN FARIBAULT 0630 PM
6.00 ST PETER MN NICOLLET 0253 PM
6.00 AMBOY MN BLUE EARTH 0253 PM
5.70 ROCKFORD MN HENNEPIN 0945 PM
5.70 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0941 PM
MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.
5.50 MORA MN KANABEC 1100 PM
5.50 HUTCHINSON MN MCLEOD 0850 PM
5.50 BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0815 PM
REPORTED BY METEOROLOGISTS AT
DTN/METEOROLOGIX
5.50 NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA MN CARVER 0208 PM
5.00 8 ENE WARMAN MN KANABEC 0434 PM
5.00 GLENCOE MN MCLEOD 0215 PM
4.50 MAPLE GROVE MN HENNEPIN 0545 PM
4.30 RAMSEY MN ANOKA 0745 PM
4.30 NEW BRIGHTON MN RAMSEY 0725 PM
4.00 ANDOVER MN ANOKA 0948 PM
4.00 APPLE VALLEY MN DAKOTA 0935 PM
4.00 ST JAMES MN WATONWAN 0544 PM
4.00 LEWISVILLE MN WATONWAN 0344 PM
3.80 5 SSW EAST BETHEL MN ANOKA 1100 PM
CITY OF OAK GROVE
3.70 RUSH CITY MN CHISAGO 1103 PM
3.50 CANNON FALLS MN GOODHUE 1233 AM
3.50 EDINA MN HENNEPIN 0745 PM
REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN
3.30 APPLE VALLEY MN DAKOTA 0648 PM
3.00 RICHFIELD MN HENNEPIN 0239 AM
3.00 CUSHING WI POLK 0100 AM
3.00 MORRISTOWN MN RICE 1100 PM
3.00 FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0849 PM
REPORTED AT THE CWSU
3.00 RUSH CITY MN CHISAGO 0741 PM
3.00 BROWNTON MN MCLEOD 0700 PM
3.00 ANNANDALE MN WRIGHT 0600 PM
3.00 11 N MORA MN KANABEC 0235 PM
2.50 PINE ISLAND MN GOODHUE 1234 AM
2.50 5 S FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0921 PM
2.50 OAK PARK MN ANOKA 0700 PM
2.50 DEEPHAVEN MN HENNEPIN 0305 PM
2.50 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0305 PM
2.40 7 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 0315 PM
2.30 LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 1159 PM
2.20 ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0806 PM
2.00 RED WING MN GOODHUE 1234 AM
2.00 3 SW GIBBON MN SIBLEY 0344 PM
2.00 LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0230 PM
2.00 MILACA MN MILLE LACS 0200 PM
2.00 HENDERSON MN SIBLEY 0127 PM
2.00 VESTA MN REDWOOD 1156 AM
1.50 TURTLE LAKE WI BARRON 0425 AM
1.50 FRIDLEY MN ANOKA 1003 PM
1.50 ELLENDALE MN STEELE 0832 PM
1.50 COKATO MN WRIGHT 0208 PM
1.50 JANESVILLE MN WASECA 0132 PM
1.50 5 N STACY MN CHISAGO 0845 AM
1.40 7 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 0141 PM
1.30 MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0132 AM
1.20 2 W FOLEY MN BENTON 0318 PM
1.00 EAU CLAIRE WI EAU CLAIRE 0420 AM
1.00 CARLOS MN DOUGLAS 0809 AM
1.00 MILROY MN REDWOOD 0804 AM
0.70 LADYSMITH WI RUSK 0427 AM
0.50 BARRON WI BARRON 0423 AM
0.50 MONTEVIDEO MN CHIPPEWA 1002 AM
0.50 GLENWOOD MN POPE 0830 AM
0.30 8 S GRANITE FALLS MN YELLOW MEDICINE 0835 AM
National Weather Service Forecast Office summaries of the New Year's Eve Day storm:
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