Storm log
Friday, July 25, 1997
Faribault under a flash flood warning
The National Weather Service issued two warnings for Rice County: a flash flood warning and a severe thunderstorm warning; both included Faribault. 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
- 4 hr 11 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesTwo warnings
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 12:58 a.m., had Faribault in a slight risk of severe storms.
- In 1997: Rice County's first day with a flash flood warning, and the fifth storm day of the year.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 3:49 to 4:35 a.m.; over Faribault
- Flash flood warning, 4:15 to 8 a.m.; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 70° to 86°
- Wind gusts to 17 mph
- Pressure 29.82 to 29.94 in.
High 86° at 2:35 p.m., low 70° at 3:38 a.m. Peak gust 17 mph at 1:35 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (3:49 to 8 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 |
|---|
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.
Severe thunderstorm warning 3:49 to 4:35 a.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 3:49 a.m.
- In effect until
- 4:35 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.
Flash flood warning 4:15 to 8 a.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 4:15 a.m.
- In effect until
- 8 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.
- July 25, 2020: Faribault under a flash flood warning
- Aug. 18, 2007: Faribault under a flash flood warning
- June 20, 2012: Flash flood warning outside Faribault
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.