Storm log
Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
Landspout 5 miles east-southeast of Kenyon
The National Weather Service logged four storm reports within 20 miles: one tornado and three funnel cloud; they came in two rounds: 2:20 p.m. and 4:05 to 5 p.m. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 4Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:52 a.m., had Faribault in an area of general thunderstorms.
- In 2025: The 24th storm day of the year.
Round 1, 2:20 p.m.Round 2, 4:05 to 5 p.m.
- 4 storm reports, 2:20 to 5 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each. Rounds: tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings and storm reports with no gap of an hour or more between them; at most three, the shortest gaps joined first.
- Temperature 63° to 79°
- Wind no gusts; to 8 mph
- Pressure 30.07 to 30.14 in.
High 79° at 1:55 p.m., low 63° at 4:15 a.m. Shaded: the storm's rounds (2:20 p.m. and 4:05 to 5 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.
- Tornado 1
- Other report 3
- 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.
- Kenyon 2
- Medford 1
- Montgomery 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:20 p.m. | Funnel cloudRemarkTrained spotter reports a brief funnel cloud near the intersection of MN-99 and 145th Ave in eastern Le Sueur county. Time matched to radar. | 4 miles south-southeast of Montgomery | 16 miles northwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 4:05 p.m. | Funnel cloudRemarkReported via HAM in Slack. | 5 miles northeast of Medford | 6 miles southeast of Faribault | Amateur radio operator |
| 3 | 4:58 p.m. | LandspoutRemarkBrief landspout tornado video captured over farm field south of MN60. No damage observed. Location and time approximate based on radar. | 5 miles east-southeast of Kenyon | 19 miles east of Faribault | Amateur radio operator |
| 4 | 5 p.m. | Funnel cloud | 5 miles south-southeast of Kenyon | 18 miles east of Faribault | 911 call center |
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.
- Aug. 27, 2018: Wind damage in Faribault; tornado warning nearby
- Aug. 24, 2006: Tornado 1 mile east of Kilkenny; Faribault under a tornado warning
- Sept. 20, 2018: Tornado in Faribault under a tornado warning
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Tornado, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.