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. Total snowfall amounts within this band ranged from 4 to 8 inches.
The impacts were typical for a winter storm. Schools closed early, and there were many traffic accidents, including jackknifed semis.
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, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow fell across all of St. Croix County late Monday night into Tuesday evening, where several sources reported 5-8 inches of snowfall. A majority of the larger amounts were record in the southern half of the county. Hudson, WI recorded 7.5 inches.
Heavy snow fell across all of Polk County late Monday night into Tuesday evening, where several sources reported 5-7 inches of snowfall. A majority of the larger amounts were record in the western and northern half of the county.
Heavy snow fell across all of Barron County early morning hours Tuesday into Tuesday evening, where several sources reported 4-7 inches of snowfall. The highest amount was recorded near Rice Lake, WI, with 7 inches of snowfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1059136, 1059137, 1059135.