Heavy Snow, Northern Cass
- When
- March 13, 4:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cass forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 13 to 14, 1997
A late-season winter storm spread heavy snow across portions of northeastern Minnesota. Some heavier amounts were 8 inches at Pine River, 6 in Backus, and 13 at Finlayson and Sandstone.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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 DLH wrote it up.
A late-season winter storm spread heavy snow across portions of northeastern Minnesota. Some heavier amounts were 8 inches at Pine River, 6 in Backus, and 13 at Finlayson and Sandstone. The greater Duluth area received between 9 and 10 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Cass
- When
- March 13, 4:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Cass forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Crow Wing
- When
- March 13, 4:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.482, -94.071 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Aitkin
- When
- March 13, 4:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Aitkin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.608, -93.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Aitkin
- When
- March 13, 4:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Aitkin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.608, -93.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern St. Louis / Carlton
- When
- March 13, 4:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern St. Louis / Carlton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.091, -92.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pine
- When
- March 13, 4:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pine forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.121, -92.741 (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
- Ice Storm in Michigan, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, March 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, March 13, 1997
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 13, 1997
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 13 to 16, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, March 1997
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: 5600379, 5600380, 5600381, 5600382, 5600383, 5600384, 5600385.