Storm log
Saturday, July 23, 2016
0.99 inch of rain in Faribault
The National Weather Service logged six storm reports within 20 miles: four wind and two rain. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 6Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 8:39 a.m., had Faribault in a slight risk of severe storms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: a tornado 2%; hail 1 inch or larger 15%; wind 58 mph or stronger 15%.
- In 2016: The 16th storm day of the year.
- 6 storm reports, 9:20 to 9:58 a.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 81°
- Wind gusts to 47 mph
- Pressure 29.79 to 29.98 in.
High 81° at 4:54 p.m., low 72° at 4:34 a.m. Peak gust 47 mph at 9:54 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (9:20 to 9:54 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.
- Wind 4
- Rain total 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.
- Morristown 2
- Faribault 1
- Near Faribault 1
- Owatonna 1
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:20 a.m. | Wind gust 37 mph, measuredRemarkMESONET STATION WASECA 1 SSE /MN039/. | 2 miles south-southeast of Waseca | 19 miles southwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 2 | 9:35 a.m. | Wind gust 30 mph, measuredRemarkAWOS STATION OWATONNA AP /OWA/. | 3 miles northwest of Owatonna | 12 miles south of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 3 | 9:38 a.m. | Wind gust 34 mph, measuredRemarkMESONET STATION MORRISTOWN /E2120/. | in Morristown | 10 miles southwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 4 | 9:54 a.m. | Wind gust 47 mph, measuredRemarkAWOS STATION FARIBAULT AP /FBL/. | 3 miles northwest of Faribault | 3 miles northwest of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 5 | 9:57 a.m. | Heavy rain 0.99 in.RemarkMESONET STATION FARIBAULT /D6201/. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 6 | 9:58 a.m. | Heavy rain 0.55 in.RemarkMESONET STATION MORRISTOWN /E2120/. | in Morristown | 10 miles southwest 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.
- July 27, 2025: 47 mph gust 3 miles north-northwest of Owatonna
- June 16, 2018: 45 mph gust at the Owatonna 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.