Storm log
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017
Faribault under a blizzard warning
The National Weather Service issued two warnings for Rice County: a blizzard warning and a winter storm warning; both included Faribault. No storm reports came in from within 20 miles.
- Warnings
- 2For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesTwo warnings
- In 2017: Rice County's first day with a blizzard warning, and the fourth storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, 6 p.m.; over Faribault
- Blizzard warning, 9 p.m. to 2:52 p.m., Feb. 24; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 28° to 37°
- Wind gusts to 23 mph
- Pressure 29.80 to 29.92 in.
High 37° at 12:14 a.m., low 28° at 10:14 p.m. Peak gust 23 mph at 12:34 a.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (9 p.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.
- 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 |
|---|
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.
Winter storm warning 6 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 6 p.m.
- In effect until
- not recorded
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
Blizzard warning 9 p.m. to 2:52 p.m., Feb. 24 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 9 p.m.
- In effect until
- 2:52 p.m., Feb. 24
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- Feb. 26, 2014: Faribault under a blizzard warning
- March 14, 2026: Faribault under a blizzard warning
- March 19, 2025: Faribault under a blizzard warning
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Blizzard warning, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.