Storm log
Monday, Aug. 26, 1996
Faribault under a flash flood warning
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Rice County; it included Faribault. No storm reports came in; the weather service's storm reports for this area begin in April 2004.
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Under a warning
- 3 hr 12 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesFlash flood warning, 12:48 to 4 a.m.
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 1 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 1996: Rice County's first day with a flash flood warning, and the fifth storm day of the year.
- Flash flood warning, 12:48 to 4 a.m.; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 52° to 72°
- Wind gusts to 23 mph
- Pressure 29.93 to 30.11 in.
High 72° at 2:15 p.m., low 52° at 11:35 p.m. Peak gust 23 mph at 4:55 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (12:48 to 4 a.m.). The airport reports about every 20 minutes, so a gust between its reports isn't in this record. Pressure is its altimeter setting, in inches of mercury. 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 |
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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.
Flash flood warning 12:48 to 4 a.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 12:48 a.m.
- In effect until
- 4 a.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.
- Sept. 4, 2005: Faribault under a flash flood warning
- Aug. 18, 2007: Faribault under a flash flood warning
- July 25, 2020: Faribault under a flash flood warning
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Flash flood warning, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.