Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It’s officially spring, but our latest storm has delivered a wintry relapse to most of Minnesota.

More than a foot of heavy, water-laden snow fell in parts of northern Minnesota. Several locations from International Falls to the North Shore report more than 10 inches of wet snow. 

 from central and northern Minnesota as of early afternoon Wednesday. Some of these are still preliminary totals. Snow is still falling in parts of northern Minnesota as of this post. 

International Falls set new daily records for precipitation and snowfall Tuesday. 

Our early morning snow burst across southern Minnesota produced an inch of snow around many locations in the Twin Cities. Several locations west of the Twin Cities picked up 2 to 3 inches.

Many locations in central and southern Minnesota received 

 over the past 24 hours. Here are some select preliminary storm totals.

The heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours has caused rivers to rise rapidly in some areas. A flood warning is posted for the Redwood River near Redwood Falls.

This week’s soaking rainfall and heavy wet snow are well-placed across Minnesota. Most of the heavy precipitation fell in abnormally dry or drought areas. 

This will likely wipe out many of the abnormally dry zones in Minnesota on next week’s U.S. Drought Monitor update. Most of the precipitation fell after the Tuesday morning cutoff for this week’s update. 

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Paul Huttner

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A powerful spring storm delivered a wintry payload to much of Minnesota. 

Storm reports: More than a foot of heavy, wet snow up north

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