Storm log
Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014
53 mph gust in Waseca; Faribault under a blizzard warning
The National Weather Service logged two storm reports within 20 miles, all of them wind. It issued a blizzard warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Storm reports
- 2Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesBlizzard warning, 9 a.m. to midnight
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:01 a.m., had Faribault outside every thunderstorm area.
- In 2014: Rice County's first day with a blizzard warning, and the fifth storm day of the year.
- Against the records: 52 mph is the fifth-strongest estimated wind within 20 miles since 2008.
- Blizzard warning, 9 a.m. to midnight, Jan. 27; over Faribault
- 2 storm reports, 3:36 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature -6° to 21°
- Wind gusts to 48 mph
- Pressure 29.34 to 30.08 in.
High 21° at 10:14 a.m., low -6° at 11:54 p.m. Peak gust 48 mph at 3:54 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (9 a.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.
- Wind 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.
- Owatonna 1
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:36 p.m. | Wind gust 53 mph, measured | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 2 | 3:36 p.m. | Wind gust 52 mph, estimated | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
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.
Blizzard warning 9 a.m. to midnight, Jan. 27 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 9 a.m.
- In effect until
- midnight, Jan. 27
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- March 25, 2022: 53 mph gust 1 mile south of Elko New Market
- April 20, 2020: 52 mph gust 2 miles south-southeast of Waseca
- May 19, 2013: 54 mph gust in Stanton; severe thunderstorm warning nearby
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Wind, as this one's is, nearest in strongest wind, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.