West Polk storm history

Mesonet site near Mallory, MN recorded blizzard conditions from early afternoon through the late evening.

Mesonet site near Beltrami, MN recorded blizzard conditions from early afternoon through the late evening.

AWOS station KCKN, located at Crookston airport, recorded blizzard conditions and wind gusts up to 59 mph.

Measurement of 9 inches of snow 4 miles south of Warren, MN just within the northwest part of Polk County, MN off US 75. There was another public measurement of 9 inches 2 miles south of Oslo, MN also just within the far northwest corner of Polk County.

Measurement of 6.0 inches of snow 1 ENE of Crookston, MN at CoCoRaHS station MN-PK-13.

Public report of a picture and a ruler indicating 7.3 inches of now snowfall.

Mesonet station MN 114 Beltrami Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Roof Damage from sustained/gusty winds... Shingles ripped off.

Mesonet station MN114 Beltrami Minnesota DOT.

Mesonet station 218649 Warren MN NDAWN reported a wind chill of minus 47.

Wind and cold air temperatures combined to create excessive cold conditions with apparent temperature as cold as -50F on the morning of the 20th at the Eldred MN NDAWN.

MN DOT sensor near Beltrami MN measured gust.

MN DOT sensor east of East Grand Forks with a measured gust.

Snow Squall. KCRK sensor went from 20G25 3SM -SN at 1355Z to 33G41 1/4SM SN at 1415Z and 31G46 -1/4SM +SN at 1435Z with corresponding radar at time.

East Grand Forks, MN DOT sensor reported a peak wind gust of 59 MPH.

Blizzard conditions of 1/4SM visibility or less and wind gusts of 35 MPH or more began around 6:15 AM, ongoing at time of report.

Crookston AWOS measured winds gusting in excess of 40mph and up to visibility of a quarter mile or less.

Public reports 6 inches of storm total snow 7 W of Tabor.

West Polk county experienced D2 drought from September 12th through the end of the month.

CoCoRaHS station in East Grand Forks reports 11.8 inches of snow.

CoCoRaHS station in Angus reports 12 inches of snow.

Storm total snow of 8 inches 10 E Grand Forks.

NDAWN Station in Eldred reports wind chills lower than -40 from 2/22 2A through 2/22 1P with the lowest being -45 degrees.

East Grand Forks MNDOT station measures a 58 mph wind gust.

Report from Crookston. Significant reductions to visibility were occurring during the overnight hours around the airport.

Warren 6SW NDAWN reported wind chills below -40F for multiple hours, with the lowest of those being -48F.

Crookston AWOS reported wind chills below -40F for multiple hours, with the lowest being -43F.

NDAWN, ASOS, and area RWIS stations report several hours of wind gusts between 35 and 43 mph, along with visibility reductions to 0.75 mile or less.

Crookston Airport AWOS reports 1/4SM visibility for 3 hours with 35 MPH or greater winds.

Beltrami RWIS reports 1/4SM visibility with 35 MPH or greater winds.

NDAWN site Warren 6SW reports wind chills between -40 and -42.

East Grand Forks RWIS reports 48 mph wind gust at 1215 PM.

CoCoRaHS station 5N East Grand Forks reports 18 inches of snow. Storm total.

Mesowest station in East Grand Forks reports 45 MPH wind gust.

Station 4.9N East Grand Forks reports 6 inches of storm total snow accumulation.

Strong sustained winds of 40 to 45 mph, with gusts from 55 to 65 mph were reported by Airport, NDAWN, and DOT RWIS stations in Northwest MN.

The nearby Grand Forks ASOS reported a wind gust to 71 mph.

Heavy snowfall totals were reported across the area, with amounts ranging from 7 inches to 14 inches. Blowing snow reduced visibility at times.

Winds gusting from 15 to 30 mph, in combination to air temperatures from zero to minus 25F, resulted in prolonged periods of wind chills from minus 30F to minus 50F.

Blizzard conditions were observed through the morning hours, with visibility as low as 1/4 mile and a peak wind of 41 mph.

Blizzard conditions prevailed through the late morning and into much of the afternoon, with visibility down to 1/4 mile and winds frequently gusting over 35 mph.

Visibility well below 0.25 mile with winds sustained at or above 35 mph. Numerous highways were shut down in MN.

Temperatures fell into the teens below zero across the area, with winds of 15 to 25 mph; wind chills were as low as 40 below zero.

Temperatures fell as low as 20 below zero, with winds ranging from 10 to 20 mph.

Wind chill values fell into the range of 30 below zero to 50 below zero across much of the area.

Visibility was reduced to 1/4 mile or less through much of the day, with winds gusting frequently at 35 to 50 mph, as reported by various airport and mesonet sensors.