Storm log
Friday, July 22, 2016
Excessive heat in Faribault
The National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports within 20 miles, all of them heat. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 13Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:58 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 2016: The 15th storm day of the year.
- 13 storm reports, 2:40 to 8:15 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 72° to 91°
- Wind no gusts; to 8 mph
- Pressure 29.96 to 30.04 in.
High 91° at 3:54 p.m., low 72° at 4:14 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.
- Other report 13
- 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.
- Northfield 3
- Faribault 2
- Morristown 2
- Near Faribault 2
- Cannon Falls 1
- Dennison 1
- Elko 1
- Owatonna 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:40 p.m. | Excessive heat 101 RemarkMESONET STATION ELKO /E5840/. | in Elko | 20 miles north of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 2 | 3:12 p.m. | Excessive heat 112 RemarkMESONET STATION FARIBAULT /D6201/. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 3 | 3:25 p.m. | Excessive heat 97 RemarkAWOS STATION STANTON AP /SYN/. | 5 miles north of Dennison | 18 miles northeast of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 4 | 4 p.m. | Excessive heat 95 RemarkMESONET STATION NORTHFIELD 2 N /UR382/. | 2 miles north of Northfield | 15 miles north of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 5 | 4:14 p.m. | Excessive heat 108 RemarkAWOS STATION FARIBAULT AP /FBL/. | 3 miles northwest of Faribault | 3 miles northwest of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 6 | 4:19 p.m. | Excessive heat 114 RemarkMESONET STATION FARIBAULT 1 SSW /FRBLT/. | 1 mile south-southwest of Faribault | In Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 7 | 4:33 p.m. | Excessive heat 99 RemarkMESONET STATION NORTHFIELD 2 WNW /C2550/. | 2 miles west-northwest of Northfield | 13 miles north of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 8 | 5 p.m. | Excessive heat 74 RemarkCO-OP OBSERVER STATION NORTHFIELD (CANNON R) /NRFM5/. | 1 mile north-northeast of Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 9 | 5:05 p.m. | Excessive heat 105 RemarkMESONET STATION OWATONNA /OWTNN/. | 1 mile north of Owatonna | 13 miles south of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 10 | 5:30 p.m. | Excessive heat 102 RemarkMESONET STATION MORRISTOWN (CANNON R) /MRTM5/. | in Morristown | 10 miles southwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 11 | 5:43 p.m. | Excessive heat 111 RemarkMESONET STATION MORRISTOWN /E2120/. | in Morristown | 10 miles southwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 12 | 7:15 p.m. | Excessive heat 101 RemarkMESONET STATION CANNON FALLS 4WSW(PRAIR-CRK) /CNPM5/. | 5 miles west-southwest of Cannon Falls | 20 miles northeast of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 13 | 8:15 p.m. | Excessive heat 73 RemarkCO-OP OBSERVER STATION FARIBAULT (STRAIGHT R) /FRBM5/. | 3 miles southeast of Faribault | 3 miles southeast of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
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.