Storm log
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019
8.3 inches of snow in Faribault
The National Weather Service logged 17 storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 8.3 in.Reported 6:17 p.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 9.5 in.1 mile east-northeast of Northfield
- Storm reports
- 17Within 20 miles
- In 2019: The fourth storm day of the year.
- 17 storm reports, 1:43 to 10:17 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).
- Snow total 17
- 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 6
- Lonsdale 2
- Nerstrand 2
- Owatonna 2
- Dundas 1
- Faribault 1
- Kenyon 1
- Waseca 1
- Waterville 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:43 p.m. | Snow 2.8 in.RemarkVIA SOCIAL MEDIA. | in Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 2 | 3:01 p.m. | Snow 5.5 in.RemarkVIA SOCIAL MEDIA. | 1 mile south-southwest of Owatonna | 15 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 3 | 3:09 p.m. | Snow 2.6 in. | 4 miles east of Nerstrand | 15 miles east of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 4 | 3:11 p.m. | Snow 4.8 in.RemarkVIA SOCIAL MEDIA. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 5 | 3:30 p.m. | Snow 4.6 in. | in Waterville | 16 miles west of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 6 | 4:15 p.m. | Snow 7.1 in. | 4 miles east of Nerstrand | 15 miles east of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 7 | 4:30 p.m. | Snow 6.7 in. | in Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 8 | 4:40 p.m. | Snow 7 in. | 1 mile north of Kenyon | 14 miles east of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 9 | 4:41 p.m. | Snow 7 in. | 2 miles southeast of Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 10 | 4:45 p.m. | Snow 7.7 in. | in Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 11 | 6:17 p.m. | Snow 8.3 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Member of the public |
| 12 | 6:30 p.m. | Snow 8.8 in. | 2 miles north-northwest of Dundas | 12 miles north of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 13 | 7:17 p.m. | Snow 9 in. | 5 miles southeast of Lonsdale | 11 miles northwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 14 | 7:50 p.m. | Snow 4.8 in. | in Lonsdale | 15 miles northwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 15 | 7:55 p.m. | Snow 9.3 in. | 2 miles southeast of Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 16 | 9:25 p.m. | Snow 7 in. | 2 miles southwest of Owatonna | 15 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 17 | 10:17 p.m. | Snow 9.5 in. | 1 mile east-northeast of Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
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.
- March 5, 2013: 8 inches of snow in Faribault
- Feb. 8, 2010: 10 inches of snow in New Market
- Feb. 21, 2019: 10 inches of snow in Faribault
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Snow, as this one's is, nearest in largest snow report, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.