Storm log
Sunday, May 6, 2007
41 mph wind in Faribault under a high wind warning
The National Weather Service logged two storm reports within 20 miles, all of them wind, in two rounds: 10:14 a.m. and 11:35 a.m. It issued a high wind warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Storm reports
- 2Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesHigh wind warning, 10:47 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:45 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 2007: Rice County's first day with a high wind warning, and the 16th storm day of the year.
Round 1, 10:14 a.m.Round 2, 11:35 a.m.
- High wind warning, 10:47 a.m. to 1 p.m.; over Faribault
- 2 storm reports, 10:14 to 11:35 a.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each. 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 50° to 64°
- Wind gusts to 53 mph
- Pressure 29.96 to 30.16 in.
High 64° at 3:55 p.m., low 50° at 10:15 a.m. Peak gust 53 mph at 11:35 a.m. Shaded: the storm's rounds (10:14 a.m. and 11:35 a.m.). The airport reports about every 20 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.
- Wind 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.
- Faribault 1
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:14 a.m. | High sustained wind 40 mph, measured | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 2 | 11:35 a.m. | High sustained wind 41 mph, measuredRemarkALSO GUSTS TO 53 MPH. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
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.
High wind warning 10:47 a.m. to 1 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 10:47 a.m.
- In effect until
- 1 p.m.
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- May 5, 2018: 43 mph gust at the Stanton airport
- June 16, 2018: 45 mph gust at the Owatonna airport
- Dec. 5, 2021: 45 mph gust 2 miles south-southeast of Waseca
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Wind, as this one's is, nearest in strongest wind, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.