Storm log
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Severe thunderstorm warning outside Faribault
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Rice County; it left Faribault out. No storm reports came in; the weather service's storm reports for this area begin in April 2004.
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- NoEvery warning's area left it out
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:52 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 15%.
- In 2004: Rice County's first day with a severe thunderstorm warning, and the first storm day of the year.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 11:55 p.m. to 12:45 a.m., April 18
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 43° to 73°
- Wind gusts to 23 mph
- Pressure 29.82 to 30.12 in.
High 73° at 3:15 p.m., low 43° at 6:15 a.m. Peak gust 23 mph at 3:35 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (11:55 p.m. to 12:45 a.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.
- Severe thunderstorm warning outline 1
- 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 11:55 p.m. to 12:45 a.m., April 18 Faribault outside
- Issued
- 11:55 p.m.
- In effect until
- 12:45 a.m., April 18
- 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.
- April 29, 2010: Severe thunderstorm warning outside Faribault
- April 30, 2007: Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
- May 3, 2015: 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.