Storm log
Wednesday, May 4, 1994
Tornado warning outside Faribault
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Rice County; it left Faribault out. No storm reports came in; the weather service's storm reports for this area begin in April 2004.
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- NoEvery warning's area left it out
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 1:14 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 1994: Rice County's first day with a tornado warning, and the first storm day of the year.
- Tornado warning, 4:20 to 4:45 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- The airport reported only 17 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 4:20 to 4:45 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 4:20 p.m.
- In effect until
- 4:45 p.m.
- Area
- Northeastern Rice County
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- Can't be checked: it had no outline, only the county.
- April 24, 2016: Tornado warning outside Faribault
- May 28, 2011: Tornado warnings 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.