On October 3-4, 2012 an early season snow event impacting North Dakota and Minnesota. This followed a warm spell and with very dry conditions that year, there was previous to this snow even several wildfires in northwestern Minnesota. The phrase from fire to ice literally fit the situation. A couple of tweets of the event and the snow totals from the National Weather Service in Grand Forks are listed below.
…PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE AREA…
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 3PM (October 4, 2012):
NORTH DAKOTA MAX DEPTH
PEMBINA (PEMBINA CO.) 4 INCHES
LANKIN (WALSH CO.) 3 INCHES
PARK RIVER (WALSH CO.) 2 INCHES
MICHIGAN (NELSON CO.) 3.3 INCHES
GRAND FORKS (GF CO.) 3.5 INCHES
2SE MAYVILLE (TRAILL CO.) 3 INCHES
MINNESOTA
HALLOCK (KITTSON CO.) 4 INCHES
KARSLSTAD (KITTSON CO.) 6 INCHES
2W BADGER (ROSEAU CO.) 12 INCHES
10NNW BADGER (ROSEAU CO.) 14 INCHES
ROSEAU (ROSEAU CO.) 7 INCHES
STEPHEN (MARSHALL CO.) 5 INCHES
MIDDLE RIVER (MARSHALL CO.) 8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
GRYGLA (MARSHALL CO.) 3 INCHES
THIEF RIVER FALLS 4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-6)
RED LAKE FALLS 4 INCHES
3S ANGUS (POLK CO.) 8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
3SE CROOKSTON (POLK CO.) 6 INCHES
ADA (NORMAN CO.) 4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-4)
MOORHEAD (CLAY CO.) 1.4 INCHES (AS OF 7AM)
Daryl Ritchison