Storm log
Thursday, May 3, 2012
1-inch hail 1 mile northeast of Waseca; severe thunderstorm warning nearby
The National Weather Service logged two storm reports within 20 miles, all of them hail, in two rounds: 8:31 to 9:30 a.m. and 6:20 to 6:37 p.m. It issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Rice County; it left Faribault out.
- Largest hail within 20 miles
- 1 in.1 mile northeast of Waseca
- Storm reports
- 2Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- NoEvery warning's area left it out
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:42 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: hail 1 inch or larger 5%; wind 58 mph or stronger 5%.
- In 2012: Rice County's third day with a severe thunderstorm warning, and the seventh storm day of the year.
Round 1, 8:31 to 9:30 a.m.Round 2, 6:20 to 6:37 p.m.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 8:31 to 9:30 a.m.
- 2 storm reports, 6:20 to 6:37 p.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 61° to 81°
- Wind gusts to 20 mph
- Pressure 29.73 to 29.93 in.
High 81° at 4:53 p.m., low 61° at 12:53 a.m., May 4. Peak gust 20 mph at 11:14 a.m. Shaded: the storm's rounds (8:31 to 9:30 a.m. and 6:20 to 6:37 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.
- Hail 2
- Severe thunderstorm warning outline 1
- Hail dots are sized by the hail.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6:20 p.m. | Hail 0.75 in. (penny) | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 6:37 p.m. | Hail 1 in. (quarter) | 1 mile northeast of Waseca | 18 miles southwest of 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.
Severe thunderstorm warning 8:31 to 9:30 a.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 8:31 a.m.
- In effect until
- 9:30 a.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) in Heidelberg at 8:34 a.m.
- May 7, 2014: Up to 1-inch hail in Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
- May 11, 2022: 1-inch hail in Montgomery; tornado warning nearby
- April 17, 2026: 1-inch hail 4 miles northeast of Faribault; Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
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.