Storm log
Sunday, July 28, 2002
Faribault under a tornado warning
The National Weather Service issued three warnings for Rice County: a tornado warning and two severe thunderstorm warnings; all of them included Faribault. No storm reports came in; the weather service's storm reports for this area begin in April 2004.
- Warnings
- 3For Rice County
- Under a warning
- 1 hr 35 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesThree warnings
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 10:21 a.m., had Faribault in a slight risk of severe storms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: a tornado 2%; hail 1 inch or larger 25%; wind 58 mph or stronger 25%.
- In 2002: Rice County's first day with a tornado warning, and the fifth storm day of the year.
Round 1, 4:32 to 5:15 p.m.Round 2, 6:23 to 7:15 p.m.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 4:32 to 5:15 p.m.; over Faribault
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 6:23 to 7:15 p.m.; over Faribault
- Tornado warning, 6:39 to 7:15 p.m.; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Rounds: tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings and storm reports with no gap of an hour or more between them; at most three, the shortest gaps joined first.
- Temperature 64° to 93°
- Wind gusts to 33 mph
- Pressure 29.68 to 29.83 in.
High 93° at 1:56 p.m., low 64° at 6:56 p.m. Peak gust 33 mph at 6:56 p.m. Shaded: the storm's rounds (4:32 to 5:15 p.m. and 6:23 to 7:15 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.
- Tornado warning outline 1
- 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 4:32 to 5:15 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 4:32 p.m.
- In effect until
- 5:15 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.
Severe thunderstorm warning 6:23 to 7:15 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 6:23 p.m.
- In effect until
- 7:15 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.
Tornado warning 6:39 to 7:15 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 6:39 p.m.
- In effect until
- 7:15 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.
- 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.