Storm log
Thursday, Aug. 14, 1997
Faribault under a tornado warning
The National Weather Service issued five warnings for Rice County: three tornado warnings and two severe thunderstorm warnings; four of them included Faribault. No storm reports came in; the weather service's storm reports for this area begin in April 2004.
- Warnings
- 5For Rice County
- Under a warning
- 3 hr 1 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesFour warnings
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 12:57 a.m., had Faribault in a slight risk of severe storms.
- In 1997: Rice County's first day with a tornado warning, and the seventh storm day of the year.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:15 to 7 p.m.; over Faribault
- Tornado warning, 6:37 to 7:15 p.m.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 7:14 to 8 p.m.; over Faribault
- Tornado warning, 7:50 to 9:30 p.m.; over Faribault
- Tornado warning, 7:50 to 8:30 p.m.; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 57° to 77°
- Wind gusts to 22 mph
- Pressure 29.52 to 30.01 in.
High 77° at 5:35 p.m., low 57° at 1:15 a.m. Peak gust 22 mph at 8:35 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (6:15 to 9:30 p.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 6:15 to 7 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 6:15 p.m.
- In effect until
- 7 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.
Tornado warning 6:37 to 7:15 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 6:37 p.m.
- In effect until
- 7:15 p.m.
- Area
- Northern Rice County
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- Can't be checked: it had no outline, only the county.
Severe thunderstorm warning 7:14 to 8 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 7:14 p.m.
- In effect until
- 8 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.
Tornado warning 7:50 to 9:30 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 7:50 p.m.
- In effect until
- 9:30 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.
Tornado warning 7:50 to 8:30 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 7:50 p.m.
- In effect until
- 8:30 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.