Storm log
Thursday, March 6, 2014
33 mph gust 3 miles northwest of Owatonna
The National Weather Service logged one storm report within 20 miles, a wind report. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 1Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 6:41 a.m., had Faribault outside every thunderstorm area.
- In 2014: The 14th storm day of the year.
- 1 storm report, 4:14 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature 16° to 28°
- Wind gusts to 28 mph
- Pressure 29.80 to 30.33 in.
High 28° at 12:54 p.m., low 16° at 12:34 a.m. Peak gust 28 mph at 2:34 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (4:14 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.
- Wind 1
- 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 | 4:14 p.m. | Wind gust 33 mph, measuredRemarkI-35 BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL AROUND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AWOS STATION OWATONNA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /OWA/ | 3 miles northwest of Owatonna | 12 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.
- May 6, 2007: 41 mph wind in Faribault under a high wind warning
- May 5, 2018: 43 mph gust at the Stanton airport
- Dec. 5, 2021: 45 mph gust 2 miles south-southeast of Waseca
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.