Storm log
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
56 mph gust 3 miles north-northwest of Owatonna
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 6:20 a.m., had Faribault outside every thunderstorm area.
- In 2025: The fourth storm day of the year.
- 2 storm reports, 12:37 to 12:55 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature 25° to 46°
- Wind gusts to 41 mph
- Pressure 29.49 to 29.97 in.
High 46° at 9:15 a.m., low 25° at 9:55 p.m. Peak gust 41 mph at 9:55 a.m. Shaded: the storm's round (12:37 to 12:55 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 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
- Randolph 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:37 p.m. | Wind gust 56 mph, measuredRemarkAWOS station KOWA Owatonna AP. | 3 miles north-northwest of Owatonna | 12 miles south of Faribault | Airport weather station (AWOS) |
| 2 | 12:55 p.m. | Wind gust 46 mph, measuredRemarkAWOS station KSYN Stanton AP. | 4 miles south of Randolph | 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.
- Feb. 18, 2022: 56 mph gust 4 miles south of Randolph
- April 23, 2022: 56 mph gust 2 miles south-southeast of Waseca; Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
- Aug. 3, 2012: Wind damage in Faribault under a severe thunderstorm 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.