Heavy Snow in South Clearwater, Minnesota

A strong early April Colorado Low took shape over the Central Plains late Wednesday afternoon, April 10th. The surface low tracked nearly straight northward on Thursday, April 11th, reaching the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area late in the afternoon. As it lifted northward, bands of heavy snow spread into southeast North Dakota and west central Minnesota. Some of these bands of snow produced snow rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. Generally most of this area received 6 to 12 inches of snow, but the Havana, North Dakota, and Bemidji, Minnesota, areas received 14 to 18 inches.