Faribault's Weather Page

Storm log

Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001

Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning

  • Severe thunderstorm warning

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm 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
0 hr 59 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
Faribault warned
YesSevere thunderstorm warning, 10:31 to 11:30 p.m.

Timeline

  1. Severe thunderstorm warning, 10:31 to 11:30 p.m.; over Faribault

Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.

Faribault airport (KFBL)

  1. Temperature 57° to 81°
  2. Wind gusts to 33 mph
  3. Pressure 29.71 to 30.05 in.

High 81° at 4:57 p.m., low 57° at 2:15 a.m. Peak gust 33 mph at 10:35 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (10:31 to 11:30 p.m.). The airport reports about every 15 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.

Map

Map of Rice County for Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001: 1 warning outline and 0 storm reports within 20 miles of Faribault, numbered as in the reports tableFaribault
  • Severe thunderstorm warning outline 1
  • Faribault
  • 20 miles

Warnings

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.

  1. Severe thunderstorm warning 10:31 to 11:30 p.m. Included Faribault
    Issued
    10:31 p.m.
    In effect until
    11:30 p.m.
    Area
    The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
    Faribault
    Yes, inside its area.
    What happened (the site's check)
    Can't be checked: the storm reports begin in April 2004.

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