Storm log
Monday, April 20, 2020
52 mph gust 2 miles south-southeast of Waseca
The National Weather Service logged two storm reports within 20 miles, all of them wind. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 2Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:49 a.m., had Faribault in a marginal risk of severe storms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: wind 58 mph or stronger 5%.
- In 2020: The 10th storm day of the year.
- 2 storm reports, 2:33 to 2:40 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature 34° to 63°
- Wind gusts to 38 mph
- Pressure 29.54 to 29.83 in.
High 63° at 12:16 p.m., low 34° at 2:55 a.m. Peak gust 38 mph at 5:55 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (2:33 to 2:40 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.
- Wind 2
- 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 1
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:33 p.m. | Wind gust 43 mph, measuredRemarkAWOS STATION KOWA OWATONNA AP. | 3 miles north-northwest of Owatonna | 12 miles south of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 2 | 2:40 p.m. | Wind gust 52 mph, measuredRemarkMESONET STATION MN039 WASECA 1SSE. | 2 miles south-southeast of Waseca | 19 miles southwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
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.
- July 19, 2017: 52 mph gust 3 miles south of Randolph; severe thunderstorm warning nearby
- March 25, 2022: 53 mph gust 1 mile south of Elko New Market
- 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.