Storm log
Saturday, May 5, 2018
43 mph gust at the Stanton airport
The National Weather Service logged three storm reports within 20 miles, all of them wind. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 3Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:24 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 2018: The 16th storm day of the year.
- 3 storm reports, 6:46 to 7:15 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature 48° to 82°
- Wind gusts to 36 mph
- Pressure 29.87 to 30.03 in.
High 82° at 4:15 p.m., low 48° at 5:15 a.m. Peak gust 36 mph at 7:35 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (6:46 to 7:15 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
- 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.
- Stanton 2
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6:46 p.m. | Thunderstorm wind gust 40 mph, measuredRemarkMESONET STATION MN039, WASECA 1SSE. | 1 mile south-southeast of Waseca | 19 miles southwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 2 | 7:15 p.m. | Wind gust 43 mph, measuredRemarkAWOS STATION SYN, STANTON AP. | at the Stanton airport | 18 miles northeast of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 3 | 7:15 p.m. | Thunderstorm wind gust 43 mph, measuredRemarkCORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM STANTON AP. AWOS STATION SYN, STANTON AP. | at the Stanton airport | 18 miles northeast of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
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 6, 2007: 41 mph wind in Faribault under a high wind warning
- 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.