AM rush snow fest: Heavy wet snow eases from south this morning

1" to 4" snowfall already in the metro this morning!

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713 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY WINTER STORM...

THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET

CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE

FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME

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12.00 ALEXANDRIA MN DOUGLAS 0414 AM

11.50 BOWLUS MN MORRISON 0700 AM

10.40 CHETEK WI BARRON 0621 AM

9.70 COLFAX WI DUNN 0600 AM

8.00 MORA MN KANABEC 0450 AM

7.00 KIMBALL MN STEARNS 0600 AM

7.00 LADYSMITH WI RUSK 0453 AM

7.00 BARRON WI BARRON 0416 AM

6.50 ANDOVER MN ANOKA 0652 AM

6.50 1 N LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0630 AM

6.50 2 SSW CAMBRIDGE MN ISANTI 0547 AM

6.50 MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0503 AM

6.20 MAPLE GROVE MN HENNEPIN 0702 AM

6.00 SAUK RAPIDS MN BENTON 0630 AM

6.00 LITCHFIELD MN MEEKER 0628 AM

6.00 DELANO MN WRIGHT 0545 AM

5.50 SAUK RAPIDS MN BENTON 0610 AM

5.50 JIM FALLS WI CHIPPEWA 0500 AM

5.30 ALBANY MN STEARNS 0517 AM

5.00 CHAMPLIN MN HENNEPIN 0520 AM

4.70 8 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 0439 AM

4.50 WILLMAR MN KANDIYOHI 0600 AM

4.50 ANNANDALE MN WRIGHT 0541 AM

4.40 NEW HOPE MN HENNEPIN 0639 AM

4.10 LONG PRAIRIE MN TODD 0630 AM

4.00 CHASKA MN CARVER 0600 AM

3.90 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0600 AM

3.70 COON RAPIDS MN ANOKA 0617 AM

3.00 LITCHFIELD MN MEEKER 0417 AM

2.00 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0600 AM

Snow fading from south to north this morning in metro

Snow totals so far:

6"+ for Little Falls, Isanti & Delano

8" for Mora

12" in Alexandria!

Heavy snow continues from the metro north & west

Snow fades south metro and south/east

Icy/snowy scene along I-394 in west metro this morning!

-Latest snow totals here

-Latest Twin Cities radar

19,000 homes without power as of 7:30am

The storm that keeps on giving!

The changeover to snow occurred as expected overnight. Heavy snow bursts dropped visibilities and laid down a quick 2" to 4" in the metro.

Expect snow to taper from the south in the Twin Cities for a while this morning, whil the storm rages north and west of the metro.

As you would expect, travel is very difficult from the metro north & west.

Plan plenty of extra time today!

PH