Storm log
Monday, March 31, 2008
Up to 5 inches of snow in Faribault under a heavy snow warning
The National Weather Service logged three storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued a heavy snow warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 5 in.Reported 7:45 p.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 5 in.In Faribault
- Storm reports
- 3Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesHeavy snow warning, 7 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.
- In 2008: Rice County's first day with a heavy snow warning, and the sixth storm day of the year.
- Heavy snow warning, 7 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.; over Faribault
- 3 storm reports, 3 to 7:45 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each (snow and rain totals at the time they were measured).
- Temperature 30° to 39°
- Wind gusts to 31 mph
- Pressure 29.70 to 30.07 in.
High 39° at 1:15 a.m., low 30° at 10:55 p.m. Peak gust 31 mph at 8:15 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (7 a.m. to 9:45 p.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.
- Snow total 3
- 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 2
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 p.m. | Snow 2.5 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 4:26 p.m. | Snow 3 in.RemarkSNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | NWS employee |
| 3 | 7:45 p.m. | Snow 5 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
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.
Heavy snow warning 7 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 7 a.m.
- In effect until
- 9:45 p.m.
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- March 25, 2024: 5 inches of snow in Faribault
- March 1, 2007: 5 inches of snow in Morristown
- Feb. 17, 2020: 5 inches of snow in Owatonna
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Snow, as this one's is, nearest in largest snow report, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.