Snow accumulated 2 to 4 inches in southwest Minnesota, away from the far southwest corner of the state, during the evening of January 8th and the predawn hours of January 9th. The snow was accompanied by areas of freezing drizzle.
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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.
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Snow accumulated 2 to 4 inches in southwest Minnesota, away from the far southwest corner of the state, during the evening of January 8th and the predawn hours of January 9th. The snow was accompanied by areas of freezing drizzle.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches was accompanied by periods of freezing drizzle. A report of 4 inches of snow was received from Ivanhoe.
Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches was accompanied by periods of freezing drizzle. A report of 3.5 inches of snow was received from Marshall.
Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches was accompanied by periods of freezing drizzle.
Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches was accompanied by periods of freezing drizzle.
Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches was accompanied by periods of freezing drizzle. A woman was killed and three other people were injured in a two vehicle accident on Minnesota Highway 91 north of Adrian.
Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches was accompanied by periods of freezing drizzle.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Nobles | 2009-01-08 | 66 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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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: 151838, 151839, 151840, 151841, 151842, 151843.