Heavy Snow — Southern Aitkin, Minnesota

2018-03-05 to 2018-03-06 · Southern Aitkin, Minnesota

Wider weather episode

An extremely slow moving storm system with multiple periods of snow affected portions of east-central Minnesota. The first batch of snow that fell over the region began on the afternoon of the 4th. By sunrise the Brainerd area had 7 inches with more falling through the late morning. Another band of snow developed from Carlton and Pine counties and continued into the evening. Winds were also very strong on the 5th with gusts well into the 40 mph range. The winds caused sporadic power outages. Specific snow amounts include 13.5 5 miles east of Leader, 13 a few miles south of Brainerd at Shepard, 12.7 near Casino, 8.5 9.1 at East Gull Lake, 6 at Walker, 9.3 near Bruno and 10 near Moose Lake.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 742717. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.