Heavy Snow, Douglas
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM CST to February 12, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.934, -95.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 11 to 12, 2001
A short lived winter storm which dropped southeast out of the Dakotas dumped between 6 and 7 inches of snow across a narrow strip of central Minnesota. Some locations of note include: Alexandria 6 inches, Long Prairie 7 inches, and Little Falls 7 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
A short lived winter storm which dropped southeast out of the Dakotas dumped between 6 and 7 inches of snow across a narrow strip of central Minnesota. Some locations of note include: Alexandria 6 inches, Long Prairie 7 inches, and Little Falls 7 inches.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 11, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2001 SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER ERN WY/WRN NEB IS OBVIOUS ON SATELLITE. MODELS FORECAST THIS TROUGH TO MOVE ACROSS MN OVERNIGHT. 18Z ETA CONTINUES TO SHOW ABOUT 6 HOURS OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LESS THAN 20 MB TO SATURATION OVER CENTRAL MN WITH A LITTLE LESS TIME IN SRN MN AND W CENTRAL WI. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER MOST OF THE AREA. UPPER DIVERGENCE FROM THE LEFT EXIT OF THE UPPER JET TRANSLATING S OF MN COULD SUPPORT A LITTLE MORE SNOW ...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MN. TIMING OF THE SHORT WAVE SHOULD MEAN THE SNOW ENDS EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN ERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. SHORT WAVE RIDGE DEVELOPS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A CLIPPER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY. IT APPEARS MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FEATURE WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA...BUT THE FORECAST WILL MENTION A CHANCE IN MOST AREAS. A FAIRLY LARGE AMPLITUDE WAVE IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY BY THE MRF/AVN...WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAIN/SNOW/ICE MIXTURE OR SRN MN AND WI ZONES. MODELS INDICATE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY NEXT WEEKEND IN THE5 WAKE OF THURSDAY'S TROUGH. .MSP...NONE SCOTT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Todd
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM CST to February 12, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.071, -94.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Morrison
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM CST to February 12, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.013, -94.268 (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
- Winter Storm and Flooding in California, February 11 to 14, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Maine, February 11, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 11, 2001
- Winter Storm in Georgia, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in California, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 11, 2001
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 11 to 12, 2001
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, February 2001
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: 5237344, 5237345, 5237346.