PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
430 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012

...PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE AREA...

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 3PM:

NORTH DAKOTA                    MAX DEPTH

    PEMBINA (PEMBINA CO.)        4 INCHES

    LANKIN (WALSH CO.)           3 INCHES
    PARK RIVER (WALSH CO.)       2 INCHES

    MICHIGAN (NELSON CO.)      3.3 INCHES

    GRAND FORKS (GF CO.)       3.5 INCHES

    2SE MAYVILLE (TRAILL CO.)    3 INCHES

    FARGO (CASS CO.)             1 INCH (VARIABLE 1-2)

MINNESOTA

    HALLOCK (KITTSON CO.)        4 INCHES
    KARSLSTAD (KITTSON CO.)      6 INCHES

    2W BADGER (ROSEAU CO.)      12 INCHES
   10NNW BADGER (ROSEAU CO.)    14 INCHES
    ROSEAU (ROSEAU CO.)          7 INCHES

    STEPHEN (MARSHALL CO.)       5 INCHES
    MIDDLE RIVER (MARSHALL CO.)  8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
    GRYGLA (MARSHALL CO.)        3 INCHES

    THIEF RIVER FALLS            4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-6)
         (PENNINGTON CO.)

    RED LAKE FALLS               4 INCHES
         (RED LAKE CO.)

    3S ANGUS (POLK CO.)          8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
    3SE CROOKSTON (POLK CO.)     6 INCHES

    ADA (NORMAN CO.)             4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-4)

    MOORHEAD (CLAY CO.)        1.4 INCHES (AS OF 7AM)


STRONG WINDS GUSTED IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE PERIOD
AND...IN COMBINATION WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW...PRODUCED WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES OVER MOST OF THESE AREA.

HEAVIEST POWER LINE DAMAGE AND PROTRACTED POWER OUTAGES WERE
REPORTED ACROSS EASTERN KITTSON...WESTERN ROUSEAU AND CENTRAL
MARSHALL COUNTIES.

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