Minnesota weather: Snow totals from March 4-5 storm
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A spring snowstorm has dumped several inches of snow in the Twin Cities metro, with snow expected to fall through the morning commute.
The March storm marked the largest snowfall of the season at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
By the numbers:
Here’s a look at some snow totals on Wednesday. Note: The snow is still falling, so these snow totals will be updated and could change.
Send FOX 9 your snow totals, but don’t take a measurement of a drift — try to find the average in your yard or on your deck.
READ MORE: Semi teetering on the edge of snowy overpass in Maplewood
FOX 9’s Cody Matz shares an update on the overnight snowstorm as of 3 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5.
What to expect:
Snow will continue to fall through the morning commute. Wind is also an issue, with gusts upwards of 40 mph in the Twin Cities.
READ MORE: Minneapolis firefighters battle 3-alarm fire during snowstorm
A winter storm warning is in effect for the Twin Cities and much of western Wisconsin, while most of southern Minnesota is under a blizzard warning until Wednesday afternoon.
Heavy snow will taper to lighter snow and then flurries through the morning commute, with snow wrapping up by lunchtime. Difficult travel is expected as the cleanup process continues into the afternoon.
After the snow, it’ll turn sunny Wednesday afternoon, but it’ll stay windy. By Wednesday night, it’ll be cold and quiet, as breezes gradually relax. Thursday will be tranquil and sunny, with a high of around 36 degrees. The angle of the March sun will help melt all this snow.
The snowstorm led to numerous school closings and delays on Wednesday. You can find a list here.
FOX 9 is tracking the storm as it moves through Minnesota. We will have live coverage starting at 2 a.m. Wednesday.
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Several school districts are closed or delayed. Metro Transit service has suspended bus service until further notice, but the light rail continues to operate.
By Tim Harlow
Schools are closed or delayed, snow emergencies are in effect and travel is downright difficult after a winter storm battered the metro area and much of southern Minnesota overnight.
In the Twin Cities, Metro Transit and Maple Grove Transit have suspended bus service until further notice, the agencies said. Light-rail trains continued to operate.
A few more inches of heavy wet snow will fall Wednesday in the metro area morning before a winter storm warning ends at 3 p.m., the National Weather Service said.
Blizzard warnings remained in effect across southern Minnesota as winds gusting to 45 mph was blowing snow around reducing visibility and creating whiteout conditions, the weather service said.
A number of major roads remained closed Wednesday morning, including Interstate 90 between Luverne and Blue Earth. A no-travel advisory was in effect for Freeborn, Faribault, Blue Earth, Brown, Waseca, Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rock and Sibley counties, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.
At 6:30 a.m., metro area roads remained snow covered and littered with crashes and spin outs, according to MnDOT.
“Every incident slows things down,” said MnDOT spokeswoman Anne Meyer, reiterating the need to drive slow and leave plenty of room between vehicles.
Plows hit the roads Tuesday night and will be on the job all day Wednesday, Meyer said. Wet slushy snow and wind blowing it around will hamper efforts until weather conditions improve, she said.
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“It will be a long day,” Meyer said. “It was quite a storm.”
Treacherous conditions led St. Paul Public Schools to call an e-learning day. In Minneapolis, students in kindergarten through grade 5 get the day off due to a “Severe Weather Day.” Students in grades six to 12 will have an e-learning day, the district said.
Centennial, Bloomington, Lakeville, Wayzata, Osseo and Mounds View are among suburban districts switching to a flexible or at home learning day while others such Robbinsdale and Anoka-Hennepin closed for the day.
Neither Minneapolis nor St. Paul had called a snow emergency as of 5:30 a.m., but other cities such as Robbinsdale, Eden Prairie, Crystal, Golden Valley have.
Metro Mobility warned riders that trips could be delayed Wednesday and asked customers who could reschedule their trips to do so.
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority said its on-demand ride service, Connect, would not operate until 8 a.m. due to ice and snow.
About 8,000 Xcel Energy customers were without power Wednesday morning, the utility said.
Snow totals were still coming, but the leader appeared to be Woodbury, where 10 inches of snow had fallen as of early Wednesday.
Other totals included:
Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather.
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A few more inches of heavy wet snow will fall Wednesday in the metro area before a winter storm warning ends at 3 p.m., the National Weather Service said.
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Blizzard leads to road and school closures, power outages across southern Minnesota
A major late-winter storm continued to wallop southern and eastern Minnesota early Wednesday, bringing heavy snow, howling winds and blizzard conditions.
Many school districts — including some as far north as the Twin Cities — delayed or canceled classes, or moved to online learning. Metro Transit temporarily suspended bus service in the Twin Cities. And the Minnesota Department of Transportation closed many highways across the southwest and south-central parts of the state — including long stretches of Interstate 90 between Luverne and Albert Lea.
“If I-90 is bad enough to be closed, the surrounding roads are worse. Please stay home and stay safe,” Nobles County Emergency Management in southwest Minnesota reported late Tuesday.
The closures also included State Highway 60 from the Iowa state line to Mankato.
Scott Morgan is assistant district engineer for maintenance operations for MnDOT’s District 7, covering south-central Minnesota. He told MPR’s Morning Edition that Tuesday’s rain created a layer of ice beneath the snow that fell overnight.
“We’ve still got people out in plows trying to get roads opened up again, but it’s an uphill battle. The visibility is really reduced, and as they’re plowing the snow, of course, it comes across, and makes it even worse for them as they’re on the roads,” Morgan said early Wednesday.
The State Patrol reported more than 200 crashes and spinouts on highways across the state between midnight and 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Snowfall reports relayed by the National Weather Service early Wednesday included 10.5 inches at Ellendale, 10 inches in Woodbury, 8.5 inches at Apple Valley, 7.5 inches near Kenyon and 6 inches near Faribault.
The official total at the Twin Cities airport as of 6 a.m. was 7.4 inches.
North winds have been gusting in excess of 45 miles per hour.
School districts closed Wednesday include Anoka-Hennepin, Mankato and Rochester. St. Paul Public Schools moved to online learning. And Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes for grades pre-K through 5, with e-learning for grades 6-12.
“Middle and high school students must have an e-learning day in order to be sure that MPS meets the state-required instructional hours,” the district reported early Wednesday. Find a full list of school closings and delays below.
Blizzard warnings run through 3 p.m. Wednesday for southern Minnesota. The Twin Cities metro area is under a winter storm warning until 3 p.m. Find more forecast information on MPR Weather’s Updraft blog.
Shortly before 6 a.m., Metro Transit reported that it was suspending all bus service in the Twin Cities until further notice due to the poor road conditions. That includes Metro Mobility service.
Light rail and Northstar service continued to operate as usual.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport reported about two dozen delayed or canceled flights as of 6:30 a.m. Airport officials said MSP’s snow removal team worked overnight to clear runways.
The combination of wet, heavy, concrete-like snow and those strong winds gusting to 50 mph or greater have led to power outages across the region.
Utility companies in the Twin Cities and points south reported more than 10,000 homes and businesses without power as of 7:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Xcel Energy said Tuesday that it was tracking the forecasts and “will stage additional crews Wednesday to respond to any outages, responding to the largest outages first to quickly get the most customers back online as soon as possible.”
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Anoka Technical College
Anoka-Ramsey Community College — Coon Rapids and Cambridge campuses
Austin
Byron
Cannon Falls Area
Chatfield
Cleveland
Comfrey
Dakota County Technical College
Decorah, Iowa
Eastern Carver County
Edina
Fairmont Area
Goodhue
Grand Meadow
Hayfield
Hudson, Wis.
Inver Hills Community College
Kasson-Mantorville
Lanesboro
LeRoy-Ostrander
Lewiston-Altura
Luverne
Mabel-Canton
Mankato Area
Maple River
Minneapolis (closed for grades preK-5; e-learning for grades 6-12)
Minnesota State College Southeast — Red Wing and Winona campuses
Minnetonka (closed for grades preK-5; e-learning for grades 6-12)
New Richmond, Wis.
New Ulm
North Hennepin Community College
Orono
Osceola
Owatonna
Red Rock Central
River Falls (e-learning day for high school and Renaissance Charter Academy students)
Riverland Community College
Robbinsdale Area
Rochester
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan
Rushford-Peterson
St. Charles
St. Clair (e-learning day for grades 7-12)
St. Louis Park (closed for grades preK-5; e-learning for grades 6-12)
Somerset, Wis.
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Spring Grove
Triton
White Bear Lake Area
Winona Area
Adrian
Albert Lea Area
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Belle Plaine
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Bloomington
Blue Earth Area
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Butterfield-Odin
Caledonia Area
Canby
Centennial
Central (Norwood Young America)
Eden Prairie
Edgerton
Ellsworth
Faribault
Farmington Area
Fillmore Central
Fridley
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
Glenville-Emmons
Hastings
Hill-Murray
Hills-Beaver Creek
Houston
Inver Grove Heights
Jackson County Central
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Jordan
Kingsland
La Crescent-Hokah
Lake City
Lakeville
Le Sueur-Henderson
Lyle
Mahtomedi
Marshall
Martin County West
Medford
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Mounds View
Mountain Lake
Murray County Central
New Prague Area
New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva
Nicollet
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale
Northfield
Osseo Area
Pine Island
Pipestone Area
Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Prescott
Prior Lake-Savage Area
Red Wing
Roseville Area
Round Lake-Brewster
St. Croix Falls, Wis.
St. James
St. Paul
St. Peter
Shakopee
Sibley East
Sleepy Eye
South Central College — Faribault and North Mankato campuses
South St. Paul
South Washington County
Spring Lake Park
Springfield
Stewartville
Stillwater Area
Totino-Grace
Tri-City United
United South Central
Waseca
Wayzata
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area
Westonka
Windom
Worthington
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Cambridge-Isanti
Chisago Lakes
Dawson-Boyd
Hamline University (classes before 10a are online; regular classes resume at 10a)
Hendricks
Heron Lake-Okabena
Hutchinson
Lac qui Parle Valley
Lake Benton (90-minute delay)
Lakeview
Lynd
Minneota
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (opening at noon)
Princeton
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Southwest Minnesota State University (campus closed until 10 a.m.)
Wabasso
Watertown-Mayer
Yellow Medicine East
This list will be updated as additional closings and delays are reported.
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