Faribault's Weather Page
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Storm log

Monday, Aug. 1, 2011

35 mph gust in Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning

  • Hail
  • Wind
  • Funnel cloud
  • Severe thunderstorm warning

The National Weather Service logged four storm reports within 20 miles: one hail, two wind and one funnel cloud. It issued two severe thunderstorm warnings for Rice County; one, a severe thunderstorm warning from 2:02 to 3 p.m., included Faribault.

Largest hail within 20 miles
0.75 in.2 miles north of Faribault
Storm reports
4Within 20 miles
Warnings
2For Rice County
Under a warning
0 hr 58 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
Faribault warned
YesSevere thunderstorm warning, 2:02 to 3 p.m.

Timeline

  1. Severe thunderstorm warning, 1:18 to 2:15 p.m.
  2. Severe thunderstorm warning, 2:02 to 3 p.m.; over Faribault
  3. 4 storm reports, 2:14 to 2:20 p.m.

Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.

Faribault airport (KFBL)

  1. Temperature 68° to 82°
  2. Wind gusts to 39 mph
  3. Pressure 29.77 to 30.05 in.

High 82° at 11:54 a.m., low 68° at 2:32 p.m. Peak gust 39 mph at 2:14 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (1:18 to 3 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.

Map

Map of Rice County for Monday, Aug. 1, 2011: 2 warning outlines and 4 storm reports within 20 miles of Faribault, numbered as in the reports tableFaribault1234
  • Hail 1
  • Wind 2
  • Other report 1
  • Severe thunderstorm warning outlines 2
  • Hail dots are sized by the hail.
  • Faribault
  • 20 miles

Storm reports

Within 20 miles of Faribault, from the National Weather Service; the numbers match the map.

  • Faribault 2
  • Near Faribault 1
  • Nerstrand 1
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Storm reports within 20 miles of Faribault, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011
No.TimeReportWhereFrom FaribaultReported by
12:14 p.m.Hail 0.75 in. (penny)2 miles north of Faribault3 miles north of FaribaultTrained storm spotter
22:15 p.m.Thunderstorm wind gust 35 mph, estimated
Remark

AT ROBERTS LAKE

in FaribaultIn FaribaultTrained storm spotter
32:19 p.m.Funnel cloud
Remark

AT 230TH AND ALBERS AVE.

1 mile south of FaribaultIn FaribaultTrained storm spotter
42:20 p.m.Thunderstorm wind damage
Remark

LARGE BRANCHES DOWN

2 miles north of Nerstrand12 miles northeast of FaribaultMember of the public

Warnings

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.

  1. Severe thunderstorm warning 1:18 to 2:15 p.m. Faribault outside
    Issued
    1:18 p.m.
    In effect until
    2:15 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.
  2. Severe thunderstorm warning 2:02 to 3 p.m. Included Faribault
    Issued
    2:02 p.m.
    In effect until
    3 p.m.
    Area
    The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
    Faribault
    Yes, inside its area.
    What happened (the site's check)
    Yes: thunderstorm wind damage 2 miles north of Nerstrand at 2:20 p.m.

Days like this one

  • Aug. 3, 2008: 0.75-inch hail 3 miles north-northwest of Northfield; severe thunderstorm warning nearby
  • July 24, 2010: 0.75-inch hail 1 mile north-northeast of Northfield; Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
  • July 13, 2006: 0.75-inch hail 4 miles south of Montevideo

Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Hail, as this one's is, nearest in largest hail, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.

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