Storm log
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011
Faribault under a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Rice County; it included Faribault. No storm reports came in from within 20 miles.
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesWinter storm warning, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- In 2011: Rice County's second day with a winter storm warning, and the 24th storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., Jan. 1; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 30° to 43°
- Wind gusts to 33 mph
- Pressure 29.51 to 29.82 in.
High 43° at 2:14 p.m., low 30° at 12:14 a.m. Peak gust 33 mph at 1:54 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (9 p.m. to midnight). 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.
- 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.
Winter storm warning 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., Jan. 1 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 9 p.m.
- In effect until
- 6 a.m., Jan. 1
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- Dec. 19, 2012: Faribault under a winter storm warning
- Jan. 12, 2024: Faribault under a winter storm warning
- Jan. 14, 2021: Faribault under a winter storm warning
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Winter storm warning, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.