Heavy Snow — Barnes, North Dakota

2024-02-26 to 2024-02-27 · Barnes, North Dakota

Event narrative

Public reports 6 inches of storm total snow in Valley City.

Wider weather episode

A two-fold event impacted eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota late February. The first prong of the event brought mixed precipitation and some snow, the second brought mesoscale forced snow and wind, with some locations getting up to almost a foot of snow and blizzard conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1163842. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.