Heavy Snow, Southern Aitkin
- When
- February 24, 7:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Southern Aitkin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.608, -93.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 24, 2002
A heavy snow swath of 6 inches or greater extended from southern Aitkin County through central Pine County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 heavy snow swath of 6 inches or greater extended from southern Aitkin County through central Pine County.
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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 4:31 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 4:31 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
431 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2002
NOT VERY IMPRESSED WITH DYNAMIC STRUCTURE OF SYSTEM. MODELS ARE ALL
IN AGREEMENT ON GOOD SNOW EVENT SETTING UP...BUT VERIFYING TO
CURRENT TIME IS ANOTHER STORY. 00Z ETA RUN SHOWS UP TO 2 INCH
ACCUMULATIONS FOR BRD BY 0900Z THIS MORNING...THEY HAVE ONLY RECIEVED
A TRACE AT BEST AND 8SM HAS BEEN THEIR LOWEST VIS THIS MORNING.
NEXT LOWEST SITE IS KXVG WITH 5SM VIS IN -SN. 88D ALSO LOOKING VERY
IMPRESSIVE THIS MORNING...BUT SFC OBS TELLING THE REAL STORY WITH
LOWEST VIS AT 2SM IN -SN UNDER THE STRONGEST ECHOES. WILL TAKE
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH THIS MORNING AND KEEP CURRENT THINKING IN
FORECAST WITH ACCUMULATIONS. THIS SHOULD BE TOP END ADVISORY
CRITERIA. WILL SHOOT FOR ACCU IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 BY LATE EVENING.
THKS FOR COORD MQT AND MPX.
.DLH...SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MNZ038-
WIZ001>004-006>009.
T.ERICKSON/ERFThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Pine
- When
- February 24, 7:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pine forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- 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
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 24, 2002
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 24 to 25, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 24, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 24 to 25, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, February 24, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 24, 2002
- Wildfire in Delaware, February 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 24, 2002
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, February 2002
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: 5283149, 5283150.