Heavy Snow, Southern St. Louis / Carlton
- When
- November 14, 8:00 PM CST to November 15, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern St. Louis / Carlton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.091, -92.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, November 14 to 15, 2020
A cold front worked across the region the evening of the 14th into the morning of the 15th. Strong moisture advection ahead of the front combined with strong lift with the front led to a narrow band of heavy snowfall near the Twin Ports, with reports of 6 to 10 inches in the area.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 cold front worked across the region the evening of the 14th into the morning of the 15th. Strong moisture advection ahead of the front combined with strong lift with the front led to a narrow band of heavy snowfall near the Twin Ports, with reports of 6 to 10 inches in the area. A site near Esko reported 11 inches of snow for the event. Little in the way of major impacts were observed with the snow falling on a Saturday night/Sunday morning.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 14, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 14 to 15, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 14, 2020
- Strong Wind in Illinois, November 14 to 15, 2020
- Strong Wind in Missouri, November 14 to 15, 2020
- High Wind in New Mexico, November 14, 2020
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 14, 2020
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Kansas, November 14, 2020
- High Wind in Oregon, November 14, 2020
- High Wind in Texas, November 14, 2020
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 14, 2020
More
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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: 929338.