Overview
On March 11th and 12th, a potent winter storm impacted the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Blizzard conditions were observed in the Devils Lake Basin southward to Valley City, ND. East of this area, near-blizzard conditions were occurring alongside heavy snowfall, with rates ranging from 1-2 inches per hour. Travel was significantly impacted along Highway 2 between Grand Forks and Devils Lake, I-29 between Grand Forks and Fargo, and stretches of I-94 west of Fargo. Snow accumulations across the region measured mainly between 6-10 inches; however, in some areas, accumulations exceeded 12 inches.
Snow
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| Preliminary Event Total Snow 03/11/23 to 03/12/23 |
...2 DAY STORM SNOWFALL REPORTS... Location Amount Provider ...Minnesota... ...Becker County... 4 ESE Westbury 10.5 in Cocorahs Detroit Lakes 10.0 in Public 2 WNW Cormorant 7.2 in Cocorahs 5 NNW Cormorant 6.9 in Cocorahs ...Beltrami County... Turtle River 13.0 in Public Bemidji 13.0 in Public Blackduck 12.0 in Public Puposky 12.0 in Public 3 NNE Redby 12.0 in Public Debs 11.0 in Public 2 N Bemidji 10.5 in Public 5 SW Turtle River 10.3 in Cocorahs 5 SSE Turtle River 9.8 in Cocorahs 5 SSE Puposky 9.8 in Public Thorhult 8.7 in CO-OP Observer ...Clay County... 3 N Muskoda 6.4 in Cocorahs Sabin 5.0 in CO-OP Observer 2 N Moorhead 3.1 in Cocorahs ...Clearwater County... 4 S Leonard 16.0 in Public Shevlin 12.0 in Public ...Grant County... Ashby 6.0 in Public 4 WSW Hoffman 3.0 in Cocorahs ...Hubbard County... Laporte 13.5 in Public 5 NW Park Rapids 12.0 in Public 4 WNW Emmaville 10.2 in Public Lake George 10.0 in Public 1 NW Lake George 9.8 in Cocorahs Nevis 4.1 SW 8.1 in COCORAHS ...Kittson County... Karlstad 5.3 in Cocorahs ...Otter Tail County... New York Mills 7.0 in CO-OP Observer 3 N Ottertail 6.7 in Public Fergus Falls 6.0 in Cocorahs Deer Creek 5.6 in Cocorahs 5 ESE Elizabeth 5.5 in Cocorahs 6 W Dunvilla 5.5 in Cocorahs 2 WSW Deer Creek 5.1 in Cocorahs 4 ENE Amor 4.5 in Cocorahs ...Pennington County... 5 WNW High Landing 8.4 in Cocorahs ...Polk County... 1 ENE Crookston 10.5 in Cocorahs Crookston 10.0 in Public Mcintosh 8.0 in Public 6 ESE Angus 7.0 in Cocorahs 3 WSW Maple Bay 7.0 in Public 3 SSW Mentor 6.3 in Cocorahs ...Red Lake County... Plummer 10.0 in Public ...Roseau County... 2 WNW Warroad 7.0 in Cocorahs 4 W Warroad 5.2 in CO-OP Observer Greenbush 5.0 in CO-OP Observer ...Wadena County... Verndale 12.0 in Public 3 SE Nimrod 10.0 in Public Sebeka 8.5 in CO-OP Observer 1 NE Wadena 8.3 in Cocorahs 1 SSW Oylen 8.0 in Public ...Wilkin County... Breckenridge 5.6 in CO-OP Observer ...North Dakota... ...Cass County... Casselton 8.7 in CO-OP Observer 2 N Fargo 6.5 in Cocorahs 4 SSE West Fargo 5.3 in Cocorahs Fargo ND 3 S 3.9 in COOP 4 NNE Fargo 3.0 in Cocorahs ...Grand Forks County... Grand Forks 12.2 in NWS Employee Larimore 11.5 in Cocorahs 1 S Grand Forks 11.5 in Public 1 WNW Grand Forks 11.3 in Official NWS Obs Arvilla 11.0 in Public 5 W Grand Forks 10.6 in Other Federal 3 SSE Grand Forks 9.5 in Cocorahs ...Griggs County... Cooperstown 6.6 in Cocorahs ...Nelson County... Michigan 10.0 in CO-OP Observer ...Pembina County... 4 SSE Walhalla 10.9 in Cocorahs 5 NNW Akra 8.5 in Cocorahs Pembina 6.2 in CO-OP Observer ...Ramsey County... 2 N Devils Lake 10.0 in Public Devils Lake 8.0 in Public ...Ransom County... Lisbon 4.2 in CO-OP Observer ...Richland County... 3 E Mcleod 3.5 in CO-OP Observer ...Steele County... 6 NW Golden Lake 12.0 in Cocorahs 4 SSW Blabon 10.5 in Cocorahs ...Traill County... Portland 12.0 in Public 7 ENE Grandin 6.2 in Cocorahs ...Walsh County... 6 SSW Park River 14.0 in CO-OP Observer Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Heavy Snow LSRs
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
102 PM CDT SUN MAR 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0846 AM HEAVY SNOW GRAND FORKS 47.92N 97.07W
03/12/2023 M12.2 INCH GRAND FORKS ND NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
1234 PM HEAVY SNOW PORTLAND 47.50N 97.37W
03/12/2023 M12.0 INCH TRAILL ND PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SNOW FROM 03/11 TO 03/12.
1220 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 NW PARK RAPIDS 46.97N 95.14W
03/12/2023 M12.0 INCH HUBBARD MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SNOW FROM 03/11 TO 03/12.
1025 AM HEAVY SNOW VERNDALE 46.40N 95.01W
03/12/2023 M12.0 INCH WADENA MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
0815 AM HEAVY SNOW SHEVLIN 47.53N 95.26W
03/12/2023 M12.0 INCH CLEARWATER MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12. STILL SNOWING.
1028 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 S GRAND FORKS 47.90N 97.07W
03/12/2023 M11.5 INCH GRAND FORKS ND PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
0842 AM HEAVY SNOW GRAND FORKS 47.92N 97.07W
03/12/2023 M10.8 INCH GRAND FORKS ND OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL FROM 3/11 TO 3/12.
1231 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 N BEMIDJI 47.51N 94.88W
03/12/2023 M10.5 INCH BELTRAMI MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SNOW FROM 03/11 TO 03/12.
1031 AM HEAVY SNOW 11 N PARK RAPIDS 47.08N 95.06W
03/12/2023 M10.2 INCH HUBBARD MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
1219 PM HEAVY SNOW PLUMMER 47.92N 96.04W
03/12/2023 M10.0 INCH RED LAKE MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SNOW FROM 03/11 TO 03/12.
1022 AM HEAVY SNOW 2.5 SE NIMROD 46.61N 94.84W
03/12/2023 M10.0 INCH WADENA MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
0848 AM HEAVY SNOW MICHIGAN 48.02N 98.12W
03/12/2023 M10.0 INCH NELSON ND CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL FROM 3/11 TO 3/12. LIQUID
EQUIVALENT 0.51 INCH.
0840 AM HEAVY SNOW DETROIT LAKES 46.81N 95.84W
03/12/2023 M10.0 INCH BECKER MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
1101 AM HEAVY SNOW MAYVILLE 47.50N 97.33W
03/12/2023 M9.5 INCH TRAILL ND CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL FROM 3/11 TO 3/12.
1224 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 E BEMIDJI 47.48N 94.79W
03/12/2023 M9.0 INCH BELTRAMI MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SNOW FROM 03/11 TO 03/12.
1230 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 WNW GRAND FORKS 47.92N 97.10W
03/12/2023 M8.8 INCH GRAND FORKS ND OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SNOW TOTAL FOR CALENDAR DAY 3-11-2023.
1218 PM HEAVY SNOW CAVALIER 48.80N 97.62W
03/12/2023 M8.5 INCH PEMBINA ND CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SNOW FROM 03/11 TO 03/12.
0908 AM HEAVY SNOW SEBEKA 46.63N 95.09W
03/12/2023 M8.5 INCH WADENA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL FROM 3/11 TO 3/12. STILL
SNOWING.
1118 AM SNOW MCINTOSH 47.64N 95.89W
03/12/2023 M8.0 INCH POLK MN PUBLIC
1019 AM HEAVY SNOW 10 E GRAND FORKS 47.92N 96.86W
03/12/2023 M8.0 INCH POLK MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
1019 AM HEAVY SNOW 10 E GRAND FORKS 47.92N 96.86W
03/12/2023 M8.0 INCH POLK MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
0933 AM HEAVY SNOW DEVILS LAKE 48.11N 98.86W
03/12/2023 M8.0 INCH RAMSEY ND PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
0822 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 NW WILTON 47.55N 95.05W
03/12/2023 M8.0 INCH BELTRAMI MN PUBLIC
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0822 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 NW WILTON 47.55N 95.05W
03/12/2023 M8.0 INCH BELTRAMI MN PUBLIC
1022 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 N FERTILE 47.62N 96.29W
03/12/2023 M7.0 INCH POLK MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
1020 AM HEAVY SNOW 3.5 N OTTERTAIL 46.48N 95.56W
03/12/2023 M6.7 INCH OTTER TAIL MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
1233 PM HEAVY SNOW HUBBARD 46.84N 95.01W
03/12/2023 M6.1 INCH HUBBARD MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SNOW FROM 03/11 TO 03/12.
1027 AM HEAVY SNOW ASHBY 46.09N 95.82W
03/12/2023 M6.0 INCH GRANT MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL 3/11 TO 3/12.
0849 AM SNOW GREENBUSH 48.70N 96.18W
03/12/2023 M5.0 INCH ROSEAU MN CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL FROM 3/11 TO 3/12.
Blizzard LSRs
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
104 PM CDT SUN MAR 12 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM BLIZZARD 3 SW ENGLEVALE 46.36N 97.96W
03/11/2023 RANSOM ND PUBLIC
PERSISTENT WHITEOUTS WITH GUSTS ESTIMATED 35
TO 40MPH.
1000 AM BLIZZARD 10 SSE HANKINSON 45.94N 96.81W
03/11/2023 RICHLAND ND MESONET
WEBCAM INDICATED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS, PEAK WINDS OVER 35MPH.
1017 AM BLIZZARD CANDO 48.49N 99.20W
03/11/2023 TOWNER ND MESONET
1/4MI OR LESS VSBY SINCE 215AM W/ PEAK WIND
OF 40MPH.
1020 AM BLIZZARD LANGDON 48.76N 98.37W
03/11/2023 CAVALIER ND MESONET
1/4MI OR LESS VSBY SINCE 655AM W/ GUSTS OF
35MPH.
1022 AM BLIZZARD COOPERSTOWN 47.44N 98.12W
03/11/2023 GRIGGS ND MESONET
1/4MI OR LESS VSBY SINCE 635AM W/ PEAK WIND
OF 37MPH.
1023 AM BLIZZARD GWINNER 46.22N 97.66W
03/11/2023 SARGENT ND MESONET
1/4MI OR LESS VSBY SINCE 230AM W/ PEAK WIND
OF 41MPH.
1129 AM BLIZZARD LEEDS 48.29N 99.44W
03/11/2023 BENSON ND DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1/4MI OR LESS VSBY, PEAK WIND OF 44MPH.
1138 AM BLIZZARD NEW ROCKFORD 47.68N 99.14W
03/11/2023 EDDY ND PUBLIC
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SINCE 4AM WITH GUSTS TO
35MPH.
1158 AM BLIZZARD 7 W LAWTON 48.30N 98.52W
03/11/2023 RAMSEY ND TRAINED SPOTTER
BLIZZARD SINCE SUNRISE, 6-8" NEW SNOW, 4'
DRIFTS, PEAK WIND OF 42MPH.
1205 PM BLIZZARD 4 NNW ROGERS 47.13N 98.23W
03/11/2023 BARNES ND TRAINED SPOTTER
BLIZZARD SINCE SUNRISE PEAK WIND OF 40MPH.
0100 PM BLIZZARD DETROIT LAKES 46.81N 95.84W
03/11/2023 BECKER MN PUBLIC
REPORT OF 6.5 INCHES FROM PUBLIC VIA FB
(STILL SNOWING).
0142 PM BLIZZARD GRAFTON 48.42N 97.40W
03/11/2023 WALSH ND MESONET
1/4MI OR LESS VSBY SINCE 955AM W/ PEAK WIND
OF 37MPH.
0230 PM BLIZZARD ALVARADO 48.19N 97.00W
03/11/2023 MARSHALL MN MESONET
1/4MI OR LESS VSBY STARTING @1030AM WITH
PEAK WIND OF 35MPH.
0247 PM BLIZZARD BOWESMONT 48.69N 97.18W
03/11/2023 PEMBINA ND MESONET
VSBY LESS THAN 1/4MI ON WEBCAM WITH GUSTS
MEASURED TO 35MPH.
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