Storm log
Saturday, May 30, 1998
Severe thunderstorm warning for Rice County
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm 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 5:20 a.m., had Faribault in a moderate risk of severe storms.
- In 1998: Rice County's fourth day with a severe thunderstorm warning, and the fifth storm day of the year.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 11:05 to 11:45 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 61° to 86°
- Wind gusts to 31 mph
- Pressure 29.45 to 30.02 in.
High 86° at 4:15 p.m., low 61° at 1:35 a.m. Peak gust 31 mph at 11:15 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (11:05 to 11:45 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 |
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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.
Severe thunderstorm warning 11:05 to 11:45 p.m. Faribault not settled
- Issued
- 11:05 p.m.
- In effect until
- 11:45 p.m.
- Area
- Southeastern 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 30, 2011: Severe thunderstorm warning outside Faribault
- May 29, 2018: Severe thunderstorm warning outside Faribault
- May 29, 2006: Severe thunderstorm warning outside Faribault
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Severe thunderstorm warning, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.