Storm log
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014
Up to 8 inches of snow in Faribault under a blizzard warning
The National Weather Service logged six storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued a blizzard warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 8 in.Reported 9:16 p.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 8 in.In Faribault
- Storm reports
- 6Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesBlizzard warning, 9 to 9:41 a.m.
- In 2014: Rice County's second day with a blizzard warning, and the ninth storm day of the year.
- Blizzard warning, 9 a.m. to 9:41 a.m., Feb. 21; over Faribault
- 6 storm reports, 2:48 to 9:16 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).
- Temperature 18° to 39°
- Wind gusts to 38 mph
- Pressure 29.26 to 29.69 in.
High 39° at 12:14 a.m., low 18° at 11:54 p.m. Peak gust 38 mph at 9:33 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.
- Snow total 6
- 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 3
- Faribault 2
- Nerstrand 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:48 p.m. | Snow 1.5 in.RemarkREPORTED VIA TWITTER. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 2 | 3:30 p.m. | Snow 1.8 in.RemarkREPORTED VIA TWITTER. | 4 miles east of Nerstrand | 15 miles east of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 3 | 3:55 p.m. | Snow 2.5 in.RemarkUPDATED TOTAL. REPORTED VIA TWITTER. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 4 | 4:51 p.m. | Snow 4 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 5 | 7 p.m. | Snow 4.8 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | TV or radio |
| 6 | 9:16 p.m. | Snow 8 in. | in Faribault | In 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.
Blizzard warning 9 a.m. to 9:41 a.m., Feb. 21 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 9 a.m.
- In effect until
- 9:41 a.m., Feb. 21
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- Feb. 27, 2009: 6 inches of snow in Faribault
- March 6, 2018: 6 inches of snow in Faribault
- Feb. 3, 2016: 8 inches of snow 1 mile west-northwest of Veseli
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Snow, as this one's is, nearest in largest snow report, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.