Storm log
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tornado warnings outside Faribault
The National Weather Service issued four warnings for Rice County: two tornado warnings and two severe thunderstorm warnings; none included Faribault. No storm reports came in from within 20 miles.
- Warnings
- 4For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- NoEvery warning's area left it out
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:53 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: a tornado 2%; hail 1 inch or larger 5%; wind 58 mph or stronger 5%.
- In 2011: Rice County's first day with a tornado warning, and the 11th storm day of the year.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 2:16 to 3 p.m.
- Tornado warning, 3:06 to 3:45 p.m.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 3:45 to 4:30 p.m.
- Tornado warning, 3:57 to 4:30 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 52° to 73°
- Wind gusts to 25 mph
- Pressure 29.59 to 29.76 in.
High 73° at 3:54 p.m., low 52° at 1:14 a.m. Peak gust 25 mph at 4:14 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (2:16 to 4:30 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.
- Tornado warning outlines 2
- 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 2:16 to 3 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 2:16 p.m.
- In effect until
- 3 p.m.
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- Yes: hail 1 in. (quarter) 2 miles north of Winthrop at 2:40 p.m.
Tornado warning 3:06 to 3:45 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 3:06 p.m.
- In effect until
- 3:45 p.m.
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- No report of its kind at warning size fell inside it while it was in effect.
Severe thunderstorm warning 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 3:45 p.m.
- In effect until
- 4:30 p.m.
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- No report of its kind at warning size fell inside it while it was in effect.
Tornado warning 3:57 to 4:30 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 3:57 p.m.
- In effect until
- 4:30 p.m.
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- No report of its kind at warning size fell inside it while it was in effect.
- April 24, 2016: Tornado warning outside Faribault
- Aug. 16, 2017: 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.