National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

A narrow band of heavy snow fell January 8-9, 2009 from central North Dakota into portions of the Devils Lake Basin.  While Devils Lake, Grand Forks and Fargo received only trace amounts of snow, areas to the west received up to 8 inches of snow.  The graphic below shows where the heaviest snow fell.  Click on it for a bigger image.

HEAVY SNOW REPORTS FROM JANUARY 8-9, 2009

LOCATION             SNOW FALL     TIME/DATE
                     (INCHES)   OF OBSERVATION    LAT    LON
NORTH DAKOTA

...BARNES COUNTY...
  3 N WIMBLEDON           6.5 M   152 PM 01/09   47.21N  98.46W

...BENSON COUNTY...
  2 S MADDOCK             8.0 M   152 PM 01/09   47.93N  99.53W

...EDDY COUNTY...
  5 S NEW ROCKFORD        6.0 M   152 PM 01/09   47.61N  99.14W
  4 W NEW ROCKFORD        7.0 E   152 PM 01/09   47.68N  99.22W

...GRIGGS COUNTY...
  4 SW SUTTON             6.0 E   158 PM 01/09   47.36N  98.50W

SNOW REPORTS

NORTH DAKOTA

...RANSOM COUNTY...
  LISBON                  4.0 E   152 PM 01/09   46.44N  97.68W