Storm log
Monday, July 27, 1987
Tornado warning for Rice County
The National Weather Service issued two warnings for Rice County: a tornado warning and a severe thunderstorm warning; one, a severe thunderstorm warning from 5:14 to 6 p.m., included Faribault; one names part of the county without saying whether Faribault was in it. No storm reports came in; the weather service's storm reports for this area begin in April 2004.
- Warnings
- 2For Rice County
- Under a warning
- 0 hr 46 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesSevere thunderstorm warning, 5:14 to 6 p.m.
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 1:39 a.m., had Faribault in a slight risk of severe storms.
- In 1987: Rice County's first day with a tornado warning, and the third storm day of the year.
- Tornado warning, 4:32 to 5:15 p.m.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:14 to 6 p.m.; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- The airport reported only 8 hours of its day, too few for a high and low.
Over The airport's day Midnight to midnight standard time all year (1 a.m. to 1 a.m. in daylight time): the day the airport's high and low cover. This site's report card: midnight to midnight standard time.
- Faribault
- 20 miles
Readings saved when the warning ended
Chanhassen radar (KMPX), saved during the warning
Within 20 miles of Faribault, from the National Weather Service; the numbers match the map.
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|
Each opens to its details. “What happened” is this site's own check, not the National Weather Service's verification: a report of the warning's kind, at warning size, inside its outline while it was in effect.
Tornado warning 4:32 to 5:15 p.m. Faribault not settled
- Issued
- 4:32 p.m.
- In effect until
- 5:15 p.m.
- Area
- Eastern Rice County
- Faribault
- Not settled: its text names part of the county without saying whether Faribault was in it.
- What happened (the site's check)
- Can't be checked: it had no outline, only the county.
Severe thunderstorm warning 5:14 to 6 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 5:14 p.m.
- In effect until
- 6 p.m.
- Area
- All of Rice County
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- Can't be checked: it had no outline, only the county.
- Text
- Its full text isn't in the archive.
- Aug. 16, 2017: Tornado warning outside Faribault
- May 28, 2011: Tornado warnings outside Faribault
- April 24, 2016: Tornado warning outside Faribault
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Tornado warning, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.