Flash flooding 5 miles north of Faribault; Faribault under a flash flood warning

Flood
Rain
Flash flood warning
Flood warning

The National Weather Service logged 28 storm reports within 20 miles: 18 flood and 10 rain. It issued five warnings for Rice County: four flash flood warnings and a flood warning; three of them included Faribault.

Storm reports: 28Within 20 miles
Warnings: 5For Rice County
Under a warning: 6 hr 53 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
Faribault warned: YesThree warnings

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.
In 2013: Rice County's first day with a flash flood warning, and the 29th storm day of the year.
Against the records: The storm log's seventh-biggest storm day since 2006.

Timeline

Flash flood warning, 6:35 to 10:30 a.m.; over Faribault
Flash flood warning, 8:08 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Flash flood warning, 10:32 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; over Faribault
Flash flood warning, 1:28 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., July 14
Flood warning, 1:55 to 8 p.m.; over Faribault
28 storm reports, 7:55 a.m. to 2:45 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).

Faribault airport (KFBL)

Temperature 63° to 75°
Wind gusts to 23 mph
Pressure 29.96 to 30.12 in.

High 75° at 2:34 p.m., low 63° at 6:14 a.m. Peak gust 23 mph at 6:14 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (6:35 to 1:30 a.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

Flooding 18
Rain total 10
Flash flood or flood warning outlines 5
Faribault
20 miles

Storm reports

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

Northfield 10
Dundas 7
New Market 3
Kenyon 2
Nerstrand 2
Montgomery 1
Near Faribault 1
Owatonna 1
Waseca 1

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Storm reports within 20 miles of Faribault, Saturday, July 13, 2013
No.	Time	Report	Where	From Faribault	Reported by
1	7:55 a.m.	Flash flood Remark EIGHT TO TEN INCHES OF WATER COVERING DALTON AVENUE WITH DITCHES OVERFLOWING.	5 miles southwest of New Market	18 miles northwest of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
2	8:05 a.m.	Flash flood Remark PART OF CANBY AVE NORTH OF 38TH ST WEST WASHING AWAY. SEVERAL ROADS IN THIS AREA HAVE WATER OVER THEM.	4 miles southeast of New Market	17 miles north of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
3	8:20 a.m.	Heavy rain 2.01 in.	in Montgomery	18 miles northwest of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
4	8:29 a.m.	Heavy rain 1.9 in. Remark CUL-DE-SAC IN NNW PORTION OF TOWN UNDER 4 INCHES OF WATER.	in Kenyon	14 miles east of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
5	8:30 a.m.	Flash flood Remark BASEMENT WALL COLLASPED SW CORNER OF KOLB DR AND WEST AVE W...TIME EST. DAMAGE NOT VISIBLE UNTIL WATER RECEDED. FLOODING WAS LOCAL NOT FROM THE CANNON RIVER.	1 mile southwest of Dundas	9 miles north of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
6	8:30 a.m.	Flash flood Remark ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 19 ABOUT A QUARTER MILE EAST OF I-35	5 miles west-northwest of Northfield	13 miles north of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
7	8:40 a.m.	Heavy rain 4.75 in.	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
8	8:45 a.m.	Flash flood Remark A FOOT OF WATER OVER I-35 IN SPOTS BETWEEN 150TH STREET AND MILLERSBURG BLVD.	5 miles north of Faribault	6 miles north of Faribault	Law enforcement
9	8:45 a.m.	Flash flood Remark STREET FLOODING IN TOWN	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Law enforcement
10	8:45 a.m.	Heavy rain 4 in.	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Emergency management
11	8:47 a.m.	Flash flood Remark APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET OF WATER OVER HOLK OAK AVE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 19 AND HOLY OAK AVE.	5 miles west of Northfield	11 miles north of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
12	8:59 a.m.	Flash flood Remark XERXES AVE IMPASSABLE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 2.	in New Market	20 miles north of Faribault	Emergency management
13	9 a.m.	Flash flood Remark 100 YDS OF DUNDAS BLVD FLOODED JUST NORTH OF TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FLOODING FROM CULVERTS NOT THE CANNON RIVER.	in Dundas	10 miles north of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
14	9:07 a.m.	Heavy rain 3.9 in.	in Nerstrand	11 miles east of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
15	9:09 a.m.	Flash flood Remark SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 3...NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 3 AND HONEY LOCUST DRIVE. APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS OF ROADWAY AFFECTED.	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
16	9:20 a.m.	Flash flood Remark TWO HOMES BEING EVACUATED BY FIRE DEPT. ROADWAY IMPASSABLE ON DUNDAS BLVD NEAR INTERSECTION WITH HESTER STREET.	in Dundas	10 miles north of Faribault	Emergency management
17	9:20 a.m.	Flash flood Remark SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER JEFFERSON PARKWAY. FLOODED ROADWAYS NOTED OVER SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN CITY.	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
18	9:29 a.m.	Heavy rain 1.9 in. Remark CUL-DE-SAC IN NNW PORTION OF TOWN UNDER 4 INCHES OF WATER.	in Kenyon	14 miles east of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
19	9:30 a.m.	Heavy rain 2.6 in. Remark WATER OVER CURBS NEAR INTERSECTION OF 7TH AVENUE AND 2ND STREET.	in Waseca	18 miles southwest of Faribault	County official
20	9:47 a.m.	Flash flood Remark THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF WATER OVER WEST AVENUE JUST WEST OF INTERSECTION OF WEST AVENUE AND FOREST AVENUE. SEVERAL HOMES IN THIS AREA SURROUNDED BY WATER.	in Dundas	10 miles north of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
21	9:48 a.m.	Heavy rain 4.8 in. Remark SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER COUNTRY ROAD 246 ON EAST SIDE OF CITY.	in Nerstrand	11 miles east of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
22	10 a.m.	Heavy rain 2.92 in.	in Owatonna	14 miles south of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
23	10:27 a.m.	Flash flood Remark APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER ROAD AT INTERSECTION OF DUNDAS BLVD AND 130TH STREET.	2 miles south of Dundas	8 miles northeast of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
24	11:34 a.m.	Heavy rain 5.05 in. Remark CANON RIVER PARTIALLY FLOODING SMALL PORTION OF AMES PARK NEAR INTERSECTION OF WATER STREET AND HIGHWAY 19.	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
25	1 p.m.	Flash flood Remark PARKING LOT AT NORTHFIED JUST DOWNSTREAM OF CR 2 BRIDGE WHERE THE RIVER GAGUE IS MOUNTED ARE FLOODED.	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Trained storm spotter
26	1:30 p.m.	Flash flood Remark CANNON RIVER HITTING BASE OF WALKING BRIDGE AND GOING AROUND OVER THE ACCESS PATHS.	in Northfield	12 miles northeast of Faribault	Emergency management
27	1:30 p.m.	Flood Remark WATER FROM THE CANNON RIVER WITHIN 15 FT OF RESIDENCES ALONG THE RIVER.	in Dundas	10 miles north of Faribault	Emergency management
28	2:45 p.m.	Flash flood Remark CR 1 FROM KALB ST AND WEST STILL HAS 1 FT OF WATER FOR A 200 TO 400 FT STREACH.	in Dundas	10 miles north of Faribault	Trained storm spotter

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.

Flash flood warning 6:35 to 10:30 a.m. Included Faribault
Issued
6:35 a.m.
In effect until
10:30 a.m.
Area
The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
Faribault
Yes, inside its area.
What happened (the site's check)
Yes: flash flood 1 mile south of Prior Lake at 6:39 a.m.
Text
The full text, from the National Weather Service (Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive)
Flash flood warning 8:08 a.m. to 2 p.m. Faribault outside
Issued
8:08 a.m.
In effect until
2 p.m.
Area
The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
Faribault
No, outside its area.
What happened (the site's check)
Yes: flash flood in Northfield at 8:45 a.m.
Text
The full text, from the National Weather Service (Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive)
Flash flood warning 10:32 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Included Faribault
Issued
10:32 a.m.
In effect until
1:30 p.m.
Area
The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
Faribault
Yes, inside its area.
What happened (the site's check)
No report of its kind at warning size fell inside it while it was in effect.
Text
The full text, from the National Weather Service (Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive)
Flash flood warning 1:28 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., July 14 Faribault outside
Issued
1:28 p.m.
In effect until
1:30 a.m., July 14
Area
The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
Faribault
No, outside its area.
What happened (the site's check)
Yes: flash flood in Northfield at 1:30 p.m.
Text
The full text, from the National Weather Service (Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive)
Flood warning 1:55 to 8 p.m. Included Faribault
Issued
1:55 p.m.
In effect until
8 p.m.
Area
The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
Faribault
Yes, inside its area.
Text
The full text, from the National Weather Service (Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive)

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