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MN Arrowhead Ice Storm Summary

Ice Storm & Heavy Rain Summary
2009 March 23rd-24th

Storm Total Ice Amounts	2-day Rainfall Amounts
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A powerful low pressure system brought significant rain, ice and a few thunderstorms to the Northland Monday and Tuesday. The Minnesota Arrowhead region, including Lake and Cook counties in far northeast Minnesota, received heavy icing with widepspread amounts of an inch or more. The ice accumulations lead to widespread power outages and tree damage across the north shore of Lake Superior region. The power outages lasted several days and affected 2000 residents in Lake County, including the communities of Two Harbors, north to Finalnd and Grand Marais, where Red Cross shelters were put in place. A 24 hour rainfall total of 1.35 inches was recorded at the Duluth National Weather Service office. This set a new daily rainfall record for the date of March 24, breaking the old record of 0.73 inches that was set in 1893.

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Satellite Imagery	Radar Imagery	Surface Maps
23Z March 23rd	23Z March 22nd	23Z March 22nd
00Z March 24th	01Z March 23rd	06Z March 23rd
14Z March 24th	18Z March 23rd	09Z March 23rd
18Z March 24th	19Z March 23rd	12Z March 23rd
21Z March 24th	20Z March 23rd	18Z March 23rd
15Z March 25th	21Z March 23rd	22Z March 23rd
21Z March 25th	00Z March 24th	00Z March 24th
	03Z March 24th	06Z March 24th
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	image courtesy Dan Miller

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