Heavy Snow, Pope
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pope forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.586, -95.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 12, 1996
10 INCHES REPORTED AT MILAN, 9 INCHES AT BENSON AND CANBY, 7 INCHES AT MORA, MILACA AND MELROSE.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 15 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
10 INCHES REPORTED AT MILAN, 9 INCHES AT BENSON AND CANBY, 7 INCHES AT MORA, MILACA AND MELROSE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Todd
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.071, -94.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Morrison
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.013, -94.268 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mille Lacs
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.938, -93.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kanabec
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.945, -93.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Stearns
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.552, -94.613 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Benton
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.699, -93.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sherburne
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.444, -93.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Isanti
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Isanti forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.562, -93.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lac Qui Parle
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lac Qui Parle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.996, -96.173 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Swift
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Swift forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.283, -95.681 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Chippewa
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.022, -95.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kandiyohi
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -95.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Meeker
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.123, -94.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Yellow Medicine
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -95.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Michigan, April 12, 1996
- Hail in Michigan, April 12, 1996
- Hail in Michigan, April 12, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 12, 1996
- Hail in Michigan, April 12, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 12, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 12, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5548801, 5548802, 5548803, 5548804, 5548805, 5548806, 5548807, 5548808, 5548809, 5548810, 5548811, 5548812, 5548813, 5548814, 5548815.