Storm log
Friday, March 28, 2025
0.75-inch hail 1 mile south of Owatonna
The National Weather Service logged one storm report within 20 miles, a hail report. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest hail within 20 miles
- 0.75 in.1 mile south of Owatonna
- Storm reports
- 1Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:40 a.m., had Faribault in a marginal risk of severe storms. Its chances within 25 miles of Faribault: hail 1 inch or larger 5%.
- In 2025: The eighth storm day of the year.
- 1 storm report, 5:38 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each.
- Temperature 43° to 84°
- Wind gusts to 28 mph
- Pressure 29.46 to 29.83 in.
High 84° at 4:55 p.m., low 43° at 5:55 a.m. Peak gust 28 mph at 6:55 p.m. Shaded: the storm's round (5:38 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.
- Hail 1
- Hail dots are sized by the hail.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:38 p.m. | Hail 0.75 in. (penny) | 1 mile south of Owatonna | 15 miles south 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.
- April 18, 2006: 0.75-inch hail in Faribault
- May 8, 2014: 0.75-inch hail 3 miles southwest of Morristown; Faribault under a severe thunderstorm warning
- May 25, 2018: 0.75-inch hail in Faribault
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Hail, as this one's is, nearest in largest hail, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.