Heavy Snow, Traverse
- When
- November 22, 9:00 PM CST to November 23, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Traverse forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.772, -96.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, November 22 to 23, 2003
Heavy snow of 6 to 10 inches fell across Big Stone and Traverse counties. Dumont received 6 inches of snow with 10 inches at Ortonville.
Where it happened
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- 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 ABR wrote it up.
Heavy snow of 6 to 10 inches fell across Big Stone and Traverse counties. Dumont received 6 inches of snow with 10 inches at Ortonville.
The 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, Big Stone
- When
- November 22, 9:00 PM CST to November 23, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Big Stone forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.426, -96.411 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in Guam, November 22 to 25, 2003
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 22 to 24, 2003
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, November 22 to 24, 2003
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 22 to 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 22 to 23, 2003
- High Wind in New Mexico, November 22, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 22 to 25, 2003
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, November 22 to 23, 2003
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, November 2003
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5331461, 5331462.