Updated: Storm and rain reports for April 28 & 29 spring storm
Deer River rain measured by Bill Kirkpatrick.
Our first taste of spring thunderstorms moved across the region Monday, into Tuesday morning. Round one brought heavy rain, hail and lightning in the morning, causing some areas to lose power. Round two swept across the Northland in the afternoon and overnight, bringing heavy rain. For areas around Lake Superior, fog created low visibility.
According to reports made to the National Weather Service, heavy rain fell for portions of Cook, Itasca and St. Louis Counties.
RAINFALL (as of 9AM on Tuesday, April 29. These are reports from a 48 hour rain event)
8:00 AM – 9 ESE Sea Gull Lake – 3.99 inches – Cook County
6:40 AM – 12 NNW Taconite – 3.27 inches – Itasca County
7:00 AM – 3 NW Ely – 3.20 inches – St. Louis County
7:00 AM – 1 ESE Babbitt – 3.13 inches – St. Louis County
7:59 AM – 6 NE Tobique – 3.09 inches – Cass County
6:45 AM – Winton – 2.77 inches – St. Louis County
7:00 AM – Hovland – 2.77 inches – Cook County
8:00 AM – 3 ENE Ball Club – 2.63 inches – Itasca County
7:00 AM – 1 WNW Ely – 2.50 inches – St. Louis County
6:00 AM – Embarrass – 2.42 inches – St. Louis County
6:00 AM – 1 ENE Hoyt Lakes – 2.41 inches – St. Louis County
7:00 AM – 4 ENE Zemple – 2.35 inches – Itasca County
8:00 AM – 1 WNW Cass Lake – 2.34 inches – Cass County
7:44 AM – 4 WSW Grand Portage – 2.31 inches – Cook County
8:00 AM – 3 ESE Bena – 2.22 inches – Cass County
6:00 AM – Cook – 2.15 inches – St. Louis County
7:00 AM – 3 WSW Lutsen – 2.15 inches – St. Louis County
7:00 AM – 2 NE Grand Marais – 2.03 inches – Cook County
7:10 AM – 1 SSW Marble – 2.00 inches – Itasca County
6:30 AM – 1 NE Britt – 1.99 inches – St. Louis County
7:56 AM – 1 S Grand Marais – 1.97 inches – Cook County
8:13 AM – 5 SW Snow Bank Lake – 1.93 inches – Lake County
8:00 AM – Keewatin – 1.91 inches – Itasca County
7:00 AM – 1 ENE Hibbing – 1.84 inches – St. Louis County
7:00 AM – 3 SW Cohasset – 1.83 inches – Itasca County
8:15 AM – 4 WNW Friesland – 1.81 inches – Pine County
8:00 AM – 1 WSW Grand Falls – 1.63 inches – Koochiching County
8:00 AM – 3 E Ranier – 1.55 inches – Koochiching County
Here are the latest storm reports from the NWS as of 7 PM on Monday, April 28:
RAINFALL
5:32 PM- 10 NE Deer River – 2.53 inches – Itasca County
6:30 PM – 4 ENE Sea Gull Lake – 2.31 inches – Cook County
4:02 PM – 3NW Cohasset – 2.25 inches – Itasca County
4:45 PM – 1 E Baxter – 2.20 inches – Crow Wing County
6:22 PM – 3 Ese Brevik – 2.00 inches – Cass County
10:50 AM – 3 ENE Inger – 1.30 inch – Itasca County
12:54 PM – 12 N Grand Rapids – 1.25 inch – Itasca County
10:34 AM – Chisholm – 0.97 inch – St. Louis County
12:06 PM – 2 W Iron Junction – 0.94 inch – St. Louis County
10:01 AM – 4 ENE Zemple – 0.94 inch – Itasca County
HAIL
9:30 AM – Virginia – 0.70 inch hail. Photo showed hail next to a dime. – St. Louis County
9:42 AM – 1 SW Gary New Duluth – 0.50 inch hail – St. Louis County
10:00 AM – 1 WSW Maple – 0.50 inch hail – Douglas County
10:54 AM – 3 SE Spooner – 0.50 inch hail. Most hailstones estimated a pea sized – Washburn County
9:00 AM – Eveleth – 0.50 inch hail. Quarter to half inch. – St. Louis County
11:29 PM 4/27 – 1 NW international Falls – 0.25 inch – Koochiching County
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LIGHTNING
9:45 AM – 2 SSW Duluth – lightning hit parked pickup truck – St. Louis County
8:30 AM – Hill City – lightning hit and split a spruce tree – Aitkin County