The Twin Cities has eighteen straight hours of rain, and the Minnesota Twins have their second rain out of the season.
A deepening low pressure area moved from Missouri to southwest Wisconsin during the day on April 26 and spread a shield of steady rain across much of central and southern Minnesota. The heaviest rain fell over east central and southeast Minnesota where 24 hour totals were over an inch. The Twin Cities International Airport saw 1.46 inches of rain, the most rain ever recorded on April 26. It broke the old record of 1.26 inches that was set in 1893.
The rain mixed with and changed to snow over parts of northern and central Minnesota during the evening hours of the 26th and into the early morning of the 27th. Duluth measured one inch of snow with Tower seeing some of the heaviest snow in Minnesota with 3.6 inches.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
923 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0818 AM SNOW 12 N ELY 48.08N 91.85W
04/27/2011 M3.3 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0845 AM SNOW HIGH BRIDGE 46.39N 90.74W
04/27/2011 M4.0 INCH ASHLAND WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0900 AM SNOW CLOQUET 46.73N 92.49W
04/27/2011 M2.0 INCH CARLTON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0922 AM SNOW OULU 46.63N 91.53W
04/27/2011 M4.8 INCH BAYFIELD WI CO-OP OBSERVER
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
815 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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9.00 2 NW MELLEN WI ASHLAND 0730 AM
6.50 MAPLE WI DOUGLAS 0730 AM
6.00 MELLEN WI ASHLAND 0730 AM
6.00 4 W CLAM LAKE WI BAYFIELD 0712 AM
6.00 4 W WASHBURN WI BAYFIELD 0700 AM
3.00 3 W GRAND MARAIS MN COOK 0800 AM
3.00 UPSON WI IRON 0739 AM
3.00 CHISHOLM MN ST. LOUIS 0720 AM
3.00 GLIDDEN WI ASHLAND 0700 AM
2.50 SAGINAW MN ST. LOUIS 0730 AM
2.50 2 SE FINLAND MN LAKE 0712 AM
2.50 10 S SUPERIOR WI DOUGLAS 0700 AM
2.00 VIRGINIA MN ST. LOUIS 0755 AM
1.50 W LUTSEN MN COOK 0800 AM
1.50 PORT WING WI BAYFIELD 0730 AM
1.50 TOFTE MN COOK 0725 AM
1.50 3 E BUTTERNUT WI ASHLAND 0719 AM
1.50 BUTTERNUT WI ASHLAND 0700 AM
1.30 GILE WI IRON 0700 AM
1.10 MADELINE ISLAND WI ASHLAND 0710 AM
1.00 12 N GRAND RAPIDS MN ITASCA 0719 AM
1.00 8 NE COOK MN ST. LOUIS 0710 AM
1.00 6 NW DULUTH MN ST. LOUIS 0700 AM
1.00 2 SE ESKO MN CARLTON 0630 AM
0.80 SILVER BAY MN LAKE 0700 AM
0.10 WASHBURN WI BAYFIELD 0755 AM
Updated By: Climatology Volunteer Lucas Graunke