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Storm log

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Faribault under a blizzard warning

  • Blizzard warning
  • Winter storm warning

The National Weather Service issued two warnings for Rice County: a blizzard warning and a winter storm warning; both included Faribault. No storm reports came in from within 20 miles.

Warnings
2For Rice County
Faribault warned
YesTwo warnings

Timeline

  1. Blizzard warning, 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., March 16; over Faribault
  2. Winter storm warning, 7 p.m.; over Faribault

Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.

Faribault airport (KFBL)

  1. Temperature 23° to 34°
  2. Wind gusts to 25 mph
  3. Pressure 29.83 to 30.13 in.

High 34° at 12:15 p.m., low 23° at 1:15 a.m. Peak gust 25 mph at 6:55 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (7 p.m. to midnight). 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.

Warnings

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.

  1. Blizzard warning 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., March 16 Included Faribault
    Issued
    7 p.m.
    In effect until
    4 a.m., March 16
    Area
    Rice County's forecast zone
    Faribault
    Yes, inside its area.
  2. Winter storm warning 7 p.m. Included Faribault
    Issued
    7 p.m.
    In effect until
    not recorded
    Area
    Rice County's forecast zone
    Faribault
    Yes, inside its area.

Days like this one

Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Blizzard warning, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.

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