Storm log
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Faribault under a flash flood warning
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Rice County; it included Faribault. No storm reports came in from within 20 miles.
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Under a warning
- 5 hr 41 minFaribault, under a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning
- Faribault warned
- YesFlash flood warning, 9:34 p.m. to 3:15 a.m.
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:50 a.m., had Faribault in a marginal risk of severe storms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: hail 1 inch or larger 5%; wind 58 mph or stronger 5%.
- In 2020: Rice County's second day with a flash flood warning, and the 16th storm day of the year.
- Against the records: One of the storm log's 25 biggest storm days since 2006.
- Flash flood warning, 9:34 p.m. to 3:15 a.m., July 26; over Faribault
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.
- Temperature 70° to 84°
- Wind gusts to 23 mph
- Pressure 29.87 to 30.00 in.
High 84° at 10:55 a.m., low 70° at 10:15 p.m. Peak gust 23 mph at 11:15 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (9:34 p.m. to 3:15 a.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.
- Flash flood or flood 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.
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|
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.
Flash flood warning 9:34 p.m. to 3:15 a.m., July 26 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 9:34 p.m.
- In effect until
- 3:15 a.m., July 26
- Area
- The outline the weather service drew (on the map)
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- What happened (the site's check)
- No report of its kind at warning size fell inside it while it was in effect.
- Aug. 18, 2007: Faribault under a flash flood warning
- June 20, 2012: Flash flood warning outside Faribault
- June 17, 2012: Flash flood warning outside Faribault
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Flash flood warning, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.