Heavy Snow — Southern Lake, Minnesota

2025-11-25 to 2025-11-26 · Southern Lake, Minnesota

Event narrative

Snowfall totals around southern Lake County were in the 4 to 7 inch range with the snow being heavy and wet. A high report of 7.5 inches was recorded about 8 miles northwest of Two Harbors. A man clearing snow was killed when a tree laden with the heavy wet snow snapped in the strong winds and landed on him.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm produced heavy snow, strong winds, and blizzard conditions across parts of the Northland from Tuesday November 26 through Thanksgiving, Thursday November 27. The storm began as a mix of rain and snow during the day Tuesday, transitioning to all snow Tuesday evening. Snowfall rates of over one inch per hour occured in areas from the Brainerd Lakes area to the Twin Ports/I-35 corridor and into northwest Wisconsin, with strong winds gusting to 40 to 50 mph causing blowing snow to reduce visibility and leading to drifting snow even well after the snow ended in northeast Minnesota on Wednesday morning. Lake-effect snow continued in northwest Wisconsin through Wednesday and lingering into Thursday morning, with blizzard conditions at times on Wednesday across parts of northwest Wisconsin - especially eastern Douglas County and the higher elevation terrain of Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1302327. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.