Storm log
Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
The National Weather Service issued two severe thunderstorm warnings for Rice County; one, a severe thunderstorm warning from 3:42 to 4:30 p.m., 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
- 0 hr 48 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesSevere thunderstorm warning, 3:42 to 4:30 p.m.
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:52 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 2002: Rice County's first day with a severe thunderstorm warning, and the first storm day of the year.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 3:04 to 3:45 p.m.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 3:42 to 4:30 p.m.; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 46° to 72°
- Wind gusts to 31 mph
- Pressure 29.52 to 29.91 in.
High 72° at 2:16 p.m., low 46° at 5:36 a.m. Peak gust 31 mph at 12:36 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (3:04 to 4:30 p.m.). The airport reports about every 16 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.
- Severe thunderstorm warning outlines 2
- 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 3:04 to 3:45 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 3:04 p.m.
- In effect until
- 3:45 p.m.
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- Can't be checked: the storm reports begin in April 2004.
Severe thunderstorm warning 3:42 to 4:30 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 3:42 p.m.
- In effect until
- 4:30 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.
- May 8, 2005: Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
- May 9, 2022: Severe thunderstorm warning outside Faribault
- May 10, 2011: 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.