A winter storm developed across the Central Plains, Thursday morning, April 3rd. Initially, a warm air brought areas of light rain, sleet, and snow across portions of east central, Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin during the morning, and early afternoon. This area of precipitation quickly moved northward into Lake Superior, with another area of precipitation that developed across northwest Iowa, and was spreading northeast across southwest and south central Minnesota during the afternoon hours. By the late afternoon, the area of precipitation across southwest, and south central Minnesota quickly expanded northeast and encompassed most of eastern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin by the evening. During the afternoon, the precipitation was in the form of sleet and rain across southwest and south central Minnesota, but it quickly became more sleet and snow as colder air moved into the region. Eventually this area of precipitation moved northward into northeast Minnesota, and northern Wisconsin, with the third area of precipitation, in the form of snow, and was associated with the deformation zone, moved into east central Minnesota during the pre-dawn hours of Friday, April 4th.
Eventually all of the precipitation moved east of the area by the afternoon of Friday, April 4th.
Some of the higher snowfall totals across Minnesota include:
12.2 inches in Brownton, in McLeod County.
12.0 inches in Coon Rapids, in Anoka County.
12.0 inches in near Forest Lake, in Chisago County.
11.0 inches in Isanti, in Isanti County.
10.5 inches near Downtown Minneapolis, in Hennepin County.
10.5 inches at Lake Maria State Park, in Wright County.
10.3 inches in Buffalo, in Wright County.

Winter Storm in RENVILLE, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 8 to 9 inches of snowfall across the far southeastern part of Renville County.

Winter Storm in SHERBURNE, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 6 to 10 inches of snowfall across the southeastern part of Sherburne County.

Winter Storm in MCLEOD, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 8 to 12 inches of snowfall across Mcleod County, with a local report of 12.2 inches in Brownton.

Winter Storm in SCOTT, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 6 to 8 inches of snowfall across northwest Scott County.

Winter Storm in MEEKER, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 6 to 8 inches of snowfall across the far southeast part of Meeker County.

Winter Storm in CARVER, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 8 to 10 inches of snowfall across Carver County.

Winter Storm in WASHINGTON, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 6 to 10 inches of snowfall across the northern part of Washington County, with a local report of 11.0 inches in Forest Lake.

Winter Storm in ANOKA, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 13:00:00 to 04-APR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 8 to 10 inches of snowfall across Anoka County, with a local report of 12.0 inches near Coon Rapids.

Winter Storm in MILLE LACS, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 13:00:00 to 04-APR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 6 to 8 inches in the far southern part of Mille Lacs County.

Winter Storm in BROWN, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 7 to 9 inches of snowfall across Brown County.

Winter Storm in SIBLEY, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 6 to 9 inches of snowfall across Sibley County.

Winter Storm in DAKOTA, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 6 to 7 inches of snowfall across the far northern part of Dakota County.

Winter Storm in CHISAGO, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 13:00:00 to 04-APR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 8 to 10 inches of snowfall across Chisago County, with a local report of 12.0 inches north of Forest Lake.

Winter Storm in WRIGHT, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 6 to 10 inches of snowfall across Wright County, with a local report of 10.5 inches near Lake Maria State Park.

Winter Storm in HENNEPIN, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 6 to 10 inches of snowfall across Hennepin County, with a local report of 10.5 inches near downtown Minneapolis.

Winter Storm in NICOLLET, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 6 to 9 inches of snowfall across Nicollet County.

Winter Storm in WATONWAN, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 6 to 8 inches of snowfall across the far northern part of Watonwan County.

Winter Storm in BLUE EARTH, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 6 to 8 inches of snowfall across the far northwest part of Blue Earth County.

Winter Storm in RAMSEY, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 7 to 9 inches of snowfall, with a local report of 9.6 inches at the University of Minnesota Campus in Ramsey County.

Winter Storm in ISANTI, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 13:00:00 to 04-APR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported 7 to 10 inches of snowfall across Isanti County, with a local report of 11.0 inches in Isanti.

Winter Storm in LE SUEUR, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 6 to 7 inches of snowfall across northern part of Le Sueur County along with a mixture of sleet and freezing rain during the onset.

Winter Storm in REDWOOD, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 14:00:00 to 04-APR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several observations, and trained spotters reported  locally 6 to 9 inches of snowfall across the far eastern part of Redwood County.

Winter Storm in KANABEC, MINNESOTA
From 03-APR-14 13:00:00 to 04-APR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Several observations, and trained spotters reported locally 6 to 8 inches across the southern part of Kanabec County.