Storm log
Saturday, April 12, 2014
0.88-inch hail 1 mile south of Dundas
The National Weather Service logged three storm reports within 20 miles, all of them hail. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest hail within 20 miles
- 0.88 in.1 mile south of Dundas
- Storm reports
- 3Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:56 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 2014: The 18th storm day of the year.
- 3 storm reports, 7:23 to 8:26 a.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature 46° to 59°
- Wind gusts to 25 mph
- Pressure 29.67 to 29.88 in.
High 59° at 1:54 p.m., low 46° at 6:55 a.m. Peak gust 25 mph at 2:14 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (7:23 to 8:26 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.
- Hail 3
- 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.
- Dundas 1
- Morristown 1
- Owatonna 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:23 a.m. | Hail 0.88 in. (nickel)RemarkPEA TO NICKEL HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF CO RD 8 AND HWY 3 JUST S OF DUNDAS | 1 mile south of Dundas | 10 miles north of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 8:10 a.m. | Hail 0.88 in. (nickel)RemarkNICKEL SIZED HAIL ESTIMATED FROM PHOTO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 3 | 8:26 a.m. | Hail 0.88 in. (nickel) | in Morristown | 10 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.
- May 22, 2011: 0.88-inch hail 4 miles east of Faribault; Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
- May 27, 2024: 0.88-inch hail 6 miles west-northwest of Faribault
- May 31, 2021: 0.88-inch hail 2 miles west of West Concord
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.