04/25/2008 MN, ND, SD Winter Storm & BLIZZARD reports.

[Doug_Kiesling]

WOW, again, WOW, just south of Fergus Falls MN in the Blizzard warned area. I94 is a total mess. The visiblity is about 1/4 mile at best and the snow is the heavy wet concrete stuff that makes the road about as bad as a bobs road after a heavy thunderstorm.

Back to looking for the thunder snow.

 

[Nick Hartley]

It started with the sleet here before 6 AM. Turn over didn't occur until about 12:30. Still snowing, maybe another 2 inches left here. Looking out my window at snowfall totals around a foot drifts up to 4 feet. Power is flickering here, maybe it will got out? We got about 1/4" to 1/2" of sleet under the snow. I spent an hour stuck at work trying to get out of our unplowed parking lots. Not much fun. SO much for the spring football game, softball and baseball doubleheaders tomorrow.

 

[Doug_Kiesling]

I just got back to Neva's after a pretty interesting evening and night chasing the blizzard warned storm up by Fergus Falls MN. The winds were strong but not as insane or intense as the last blizzard that I chase 15 days ago up in Duluth but the snow pack was insane and the amount of snow was intense.

It is a now five days before the month of May and you could go and "Snow Mobile" around Fergus Falls MN if you wanted to this weekend.

Here is the video blog from the chase.

Check out the very first shot. That snow pile is HUGE and this is not the lite fluffy snow but the stuff that is like concrete. At least it will be gone in a week but then comes the flooding.

http://www.lightningboy.net/content/042508bnvnfergusfallsmnblizzardflv

Ok, time to call it a night and get some sleep.

 

[Edward Ballou]

Didn't get a chance to take any pictures (broke camera). Saw 4 cars in the ditch on Friday afternoon east of Brookings. Then saw a couple powerlines down and many broken branches from ice buildup.