Heavy Snow, Big Stone
- When
- March 24, 3:10 AM CST to March 26, 5:56 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, March 24 to 26, 2024
A broad area of low pressure deepened as it drifted between eastern Nebraska, Iowa and then into Wisconsin before then moving east. This system spread moisture north into west central Minnesota, initially as a rain snow mix before transitioning to accumulating snowfall.
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 ABR wrote it up.
A broad area of low pressure deepened as it drifted between eastern Nebraska, Iowa and then into Wisconsin before then moving east. This system spread moisture north into west central Minnesota, initially as a rain snow mix before transitioning to accumulating snowfall. A multi-day accumulation of 11 inches was measured by the COOP observer 2 miles east southeast of Artichoke, and 8 inches was observed 1 mile north of Ortonville. In addition to the snowfall, winds across west central Minnesota topped out around 45 mph.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 24, 2024
- Blizzard and Hail in Nebraska, March 24 to 26, 2024
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Minnesota, March 24 to 26, 2024
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 24, 2024
- Tornado and Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 24 to 26, 2024
- Dust Storm and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 24 to 26, 2024
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 24 to 26, 2024
- High Wind in Texas, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 24 to 27, 2024
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 24 to 27, 2024
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 24 to 25, 2024
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1162213.