Storm log
Monday, Sept. 4, 2017
54 mph gust 3 miles northwest of Faribault; severe thunderstorm warning nearby
The National Weather Service logged three storm reports within 20 miles, all of them wind. It issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Rice County; it left Faribault out.
- Storm reports
- 3Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- NoEvery warning's area left it out
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:40 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 2017: Rice County's 11th day with a severe thunderstorm warning, and the 21st storm day of the year.
- Severe thunderstorm warning, 5:44 to 6:01 p.m.
- 3 storm reports, 5:34 to 5:55 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature 52° to 73°
- Wind gusts to 54 mph
- Pressure 29.73 to 29.98 in.
High 73° at 2:14 p.m., low 52° at 9:13 p.m. Peak gust 54 mph at 5:34 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (5:34 to 6:01 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 3
- Severe thunderstorm warning outline 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.
- Owatonna 2
- Near Faribault 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:34 p.m. | Thunderstorm wind gust 54 mph, measuredRemark54 MPH GUST MEASURED AT FARIBAULT AIRPORT. | 3 miles northwest of Faribault | 3 miles northwest of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 2 | 5:55 p.m. | Thunderstorm wind damageRemarkPOWER POLES DOWN ACROSS OWATONNA. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | 911 call center |
| 3 | 5:55 p.m. | Thunderstorm wind damageRemarkTREES OF 10 TO 24 INCHES IN DIAMETER UPROOTED AT THE BROOKTREE GOLF COURSE. | 1 mile east-northeast of Owatonna | 14 miles south 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.
Severe thunderstorm warning 5:44 to 6:01 p.m. Faribault outside
- Issued
- 5:44 p.m.
- In effect until
- 6:01 p.m.
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- No, outside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- Yes: thunderstorm wind damage 1 mile east-northeast of Owatonna at 5:55 p.m.
- May 19, 2013: 54 mph gust in Stanton; severe thunderstorm warning nearby
- Aug. 3, 2012: Wind damage in Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
- Jan. 26, 2014: 53 mph gust in Waseca; Faribault under a blizzard warning
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.