Storm log
Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004
Faribault under a tornado warning
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Rice County; it included Faribault. No storm reports came in from within 20 miles.
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Under a warning
- 0 hr 35 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesTornado warning, 4:25 to 5 p.m.
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:47 a.m., had Faribault in a slight risk of severe storms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: a tornado 5%; hail 1 inch or larger 5%; wind 58 mph or stronger 15%.
- In 2004: Rice County's first day with a tornado warning, and the eighth storm day of the year.
- Tornado warning, 4:25 to 5 p.m.; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 70° to 84°
- Wind gusts to 33 mph
- Pressure 29.59 to 29.91 in.
High 84° at 1:35 p.m., low 70° at 5 p.m. Peak gust 33 mph at 8:15 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (4:25 to 5 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.
- Tornado 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.
Tornado warning 4:25 to 5 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 4:25 p.m.
- In effect until
- 5 p.m.
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- No report of its kind at warning size fell inside it while it was in effect.
- 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.