A narrow band of heavy snow fell from southwest Minnesota through the Twin Cities metro and up through northwest Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. This band was caused by strong frontogenesis within the 800 to 900 mb layer.
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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 MPX wrote it up.
A narrow band of heavy snow fell from southwest Minnesota through the Twin Cities metro and up through northwest Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. This band was caused by strong frontogenesis within the 800 to 900 mb layer.
Snowfall rates within this band were over an inch per hour, with the MSP airport reporting a 2 inch-per-hour snowfall rate between 18 and 19Z. Total snowfall amounts within this band ranged from 5 to 8 inches, with a few locations reporting around 8.5.
The impacts were typical for a winter storm. Schools closed early, and there were many traffic accidents across the Twin Cities metro. At times, interstates were temporarily closed when semis jackknifed across the road.
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 3:18 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
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14 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow fell across Eastern Brown County late Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon, where several sources reported 4-5 inches of snowfall.
Heavy snow fell across Eastern Sibley County from late Monday evening to Tuesday afternoon. Locally 2 to 5.5 inches of snow fell across the county. Western Sibley County recorded significantly less than the Eastern portion of the county. The highest recorded amount was located in Arlington, MN with 5.5 inches.
Heavy snow fell across Carver County from late Monday night into Tuesday afternoon. Locally 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest recorded amount in the county was 6 inches northeast of Victoria, MN.
Heavy snow fell across Anoka County from late Monday evening to Tuesday afternoon. Locally 4 to 7 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest amounts were recorded near Anoka, MN and Coon Rapids, MN with 6-7 inches recorded.
Heavy snow fell across Watonwan County late Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon. Locally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest observation was recorded in Lewisville, MN with 8 inches.
Heavy snow fell across Scott County from late Monday night to Tuesday night. Locally 6 to 8 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest recorded amount in the county was 7.6 inches just north of Prior Lake, MN.
Heavy snow fell across Hennepin County from late Monday night into Tuesday afternoon. Locally 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest recorded was 7.5 inches at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. A pocket of 6-7 inches was recorded near Maple Grove, MN and Brooklyn Park, MN.
Heavy snow fell across Dakota County from late Monday night into Tuesday afternoon. Locally 5 to 7.5 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest recorded was 7.5 inches in Burnsville, MN.
Heavy snow fell across Ramsey County from late Monday night into Tuesday afternoon. Locally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest recorded amount was 8.5 inches just south of the lake of White Bear Lake.
Heavy snow fell across Washington County from late Monday night into Tuesday afternoon. Locally 4 to 9 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest observation was 8.5 inches in northern Oakdale.
Heavy snow fell across Chisago County from late Monday night into Tuesday afternoon. Locally 3 to 6 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest amounts were recorded in northern Chisago County from a narrow band producing heavy snow.
Heavy snow fell across Le Sueur County late Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon, locally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the county. The highest amounts were recorded in the northern half of the county east of Le Sueur, MN and in the city of New Prague, MN.
Heavy snow fell across Blue Earth County late Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon, locally 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across the county.
Heavy snow fell across Nicollet County late Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon, locally 4 to 5 inches of snow fell across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, November 2022
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: 1058983, 1059020, 1058987, 1058394, 1058982, 1058986, 1058988, 1058989, 1058990, 1059021, 1059022, 1058984, 1058395, 1058985.