Heavy Snow, Big Stone
- When
- December 15, 7:00 PM CST to December 16, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Big Stone forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 45.426, -96.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 15 to 16, 2010
Heavy snow of 6 to 8 inches fell across west central Minnesota from the late evening until the mid morning hours. Snowfall amounts included 6 inches at Wheaton and Artichoke Lake, 7 inches at White Rock, and 8 inches at Dumont and Ortonville.
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 ABR wrote it up.
Heavy snow of 6 to 8 inches fell across west central Minnesota from the late evening until the mid morning hours. Snowfall amounts included 6 inches at Wheaton and Artichoke Lake, 7 inches at White Rock, and 8 inches at Dumont and 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, Traverse
- When
- December 15, 7:00 PM CST to December 16, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Traverse forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 45.772, -96.472 (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 Weather in Mississippi, December 15, 2010
- Winter Weather in Alabama, December 15, 2010
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, December 15 to 16, 2010
- Winter Storm in Indiana, December 15 to 16, 2010
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 15 to 17, 2010
- Winter Weather in Kansas, December 15, 2010
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Kentucky, December 15 to 17, 2010
- Winter Weather in Missouri, December 15, 2010
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, December 15, 2010
- Winter Weather in Georgia, December 15 to 16, 2010
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 15 to 16, 2010
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 15, 2010
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, December 2010
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 273018, 273019.