Friday, January 20, 2012

A little snow, slippery roads

  We didn’t see much snow in the Twin Cities Friday (1.1 inches officially at MSP Airport), but it was enough to cause slippery roads.  According to the Minnesota State Patrol, there were over 500 crashes in the metro area between 5am and 7pm.  Here are some snow totals from the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service :

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1129 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012


…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE JANUARY 20TH STORM…
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW…AND ICE AND SLEET CATEGORIES…THEN BY AMOUNT…AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

INCHES  LOCATION         ST  COUNTY        TIME (Of report)
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  4.60   ALBERT LEA               MN  FREEBORN         0913 PM
  4.50   COMFREY                  MN  BROWN            0920 AM
  4.20   FAIRMONT                 MN  MARTIN           1106 AM
  3.80   MADELIA                  MN  WATONWAN         0323 PM
  3.00   VESTA                    MN  REDWOOD          0106 PM
  3.00   NEW ULM                  MN  BROWN            1051 AM
  3.00   MANKATO                  MN  BLUE EARTH       1040 AM
  3.00   SPRINGFIELD              MN  BROWN            1032 AM
  3.00   WINNEBAGO                MN  FARIBAULT        0800 AM
  3.00   WSW ST JAMES             MN  WATONWAN         0654 AM
  2.90   1 ENE MINNESOTA LAKE   MN  FARIBAULT     0355 PM
  2.80   NE FAIRMONT              MN  MARTIN           0700 AM
  2.70   MONTICELLO               MN  WRIGHT           0424 PM
  2.00   1 NNW SPRINGFIELD        MN  BROWN            0700 AM
  1.90   1 ESE MILROY             MN  REDWOOD          0700 AM
  1.80   ANDOVER                  MN  ANOKA            0323 PM
  1.70   NORTH MANKATO            MN  NICOLLET         0700 AM
  1.50   WINTHROP                 MN  SIBLEY           0517 PM
  1.40   ST PAUL                  MN  RAMSEY           0159 PM
  1.30   PLYMOUTH                 MN  HENNEPIN         0107 PM
  1.20   MADISON                  MN  LAC QUI PARLE    0800 AM
  1.10   MINNEAPOLIS              MN  HENNEPIN         0609 PM
  1.00   GLENWOOD                 MN  POPE             1030 PM
  1.00   ORONO                    MN  HENNEPIN         1001 PM
  1.00   GOLDEN VALLEY            MN  HENNEPIN         0700 PM
  1.00   CHANHASSEN               MN  CARVER           0609 PM
  1.00   MENOMONIE                WI  DUNN             0605 PM
  1.00   ST LOUIS PARK            MN  HENNEPIN         0517 PM
  1.00   NORTH ST PAUL            MN  RAMSEY           0310 PM
  1.00   BROOKLYN CENTER          MN  HENNEPIN         0300 PM
  1.00   WACONIA                  MN  CARVER           1249 PM
  0.50   ST CLOUD                 MN  STEARNS          1226 PM