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Flood — Redwood, MN

Apr 11, 2023

A near-record snowfall season across Minnesota and Wisconsin led to a snowpack with snow-water-equivilent (SWE) values of 4 to 6 inches across much of the region by mid-March. Below normal temperatures for the first of of spring kept much of the snowpack in tact until the end of the month when it started to melt.||The melt accelerated in early April. On April 08, highs were in the 60s across the region. On April 09-10 they were in the 70s, and during April 11-14, many locations saw highs in the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1093070). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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