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