Update: Metro snow done, nearly a foot south
Updated 4:45 p.m. | Posted 4:01 p.m.
Here's a quick update on the now departing snow event for Minnesota.
Latest Twin Cities radar.
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Snow has ended in the metro. The Twin Cities National Weather Service is trimming winter weather advisories accordingly.
Officially at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport they recorded 2.1 inches of snow. Officially on your driveway snow totals vary around the Twin Cities between 1 and 2.5 inches of fresh snow.
But a thaw is on the way on Saturday.
And be careful out there. As of 4:30 p.m., there had been about 400 crashes since 6 a.m. this morning, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Fifty-five of the accidents involved injuries, one was serious. More than 200 vehicles have spun out or slid off the road.
Here's a wider look at some snowfall totals so far from reports coming into the Twin Cities NWS. This system was overly productive and cranked out some 6 to 11 inch totals south of the metro.
Here's a list of totals but note that this is not final and many reports are several hour old. Updated lists will arrive here.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
116 PM CST WED NOV 26 2014
...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 10 AM...
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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11.00 8 W FARIBAULT MN RICE 1230 PM
8.00 WINNEBAGO MN FARIBAULT 0800 AM
7.00 MANKATO MN BLUE EARTH 1250 PM
7.00 MAPLETON MN BLUE EARTH 1125 AM
6.00 ST PETER MN NICOLLET 0920 AM
5.00 NEW ULM MN BROWN 0920 AM
4.90 1 N MINNESOTA LAKE MN BLUE EARTH 1014 AM
4.50 WELLS MN FARIBAULT 1025 AM
4.00 VESTA MN REDWOOD 1045 AM
3.00 SE OWATONNA MN STEELE 1045 AM
2.60 COSMOS MN MEEKER 1000 AM
2.50 WACONIA MN CARVER 1140 AM
2.10 MSP INTL AIRPORT MN HENNEPIN 1200 PM
2.00 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 1200 PM