Storm log
Wednesday, May 24, 1989
Tornado warning for Rice County
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Rice County; its text 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
- 1For Rice County
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 2:38 a.m., had Faribault in a high risk of severe storms.
- In 1989: Rice County's first day with a tornado warning, and the second storm day of the year.
- Tornado warning, 6:08 to 6:45 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- 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 |
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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 6:08 to 6:45 p.m. Faribault not settled
- Issued
- 6:08 p.m.
- In effect until
- 6:45 p.m.
- Area
- Western 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.
- May 28, 2011: Tornado warnings outside Faribault
- April 24, 2016: Tornado warning outside Faribault
- Aug. 16, 2017: 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.