Winter Weather — Yellow Medicine, Minnesota

2023-03-09 to 2023-03-10 · Yellow Medicine, Minnesota

Event narrative

No official snow measurements in this county, but there were two reports of 6.0 and 6.5 inches over a 24 hour period just across the border in eastern South Dakota. A Winter Storm Warning was in effect, but it did not verify.

Wider weather episode

A shortwave trough brought widespread snow across the region. Most locations generally saw 3 to 5 inches, but a few locations picked up over 6 inches in a 24 hour period. Impacts were minimal since much of the snow fell during the day and the treated roads remained wet. This was not a winter storm warning event, but we are including it in storm data since we did have a few counties in a Winter Storm Warning.

A few noteworthy snow amounts are:

3.5 inches near Alber Lea in Freeborn County.

3.2 inches near Ellendale in Steele County.

4.0 inches near Edina in Hennepin County.

4.0 inches near St Michael in Wright County.

3.8 inches north of Hutchinson in McLeod County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1088083. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.