Storm log
Sunday, April 12, 2020
6.5 inches of snow in Owatonna; Faribault under a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service logged five storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued a winter storm warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 6.5 in.In Owatonna
- Storm reports
- 5Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesWinter storm warning, 7 a.m. to 11:27 p.m.
- In 2020: Rice County's third day with a winter storm warning, and the eighth storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, 7 a.m. to 11:27 p.m.; over Faribault
- 5 storm reports, 1:30 to 4:25 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).
- Temperature 28° to 45°
- Wind gusts to 31 mph
- Pressure 29.73 to 29.89 in.
High 45° at 1:15 a.m., low 28° at 7:35 p.m. Peak gust 31 mph at 4:55 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (7 a.m. to 11:27 p.m.). The airport reports about every 19 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.
- Snow total 5
- 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 3
- Kenyon 1
- Owatonna 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:30 p.m. | Snow 4.8 in. | 5 miles north of Kenyon | 15 miles east of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 2 | 2:45 p.m. | Snow 6.5 in. | in Owatonna | 15 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 3 | 3 p.m. | Snow 4 in. | in Northfield | 13 miles north of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 4 | 4:15 p.m. | Snow 5 in. | in Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 5 | 4:25 p.m. | Snow 6 in. | in 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.
Winter storm warning 7 a.m. to 11:27 p.m. Included Faribault
- Issued
- 7 a.m.
- In effect until
- 11:27 p.m.
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- April 12, 2013: 6.5 inches of snow 5 miles east-southeast of New Prague
- April 4, 2014: 3 inches of snow in Faribault
- April 22, 2013: 6.5 inches of snow in Northfield; Faribault under a winter storm warning
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.