Ice Storm — Faribault, Minnesota

2023-01-02 to 2023-01-03 · Faribault, Minnesota

Event narrative

Calls to dispatch centers revealed slippery roads and a few power outages.

Wider weather episode

A band of rain and freezing rain lifted up across southern Minnesota on the morning of January 03, 2023. There were several pictures of icing on social media. Call to dispatchers verified a few counties in the ice storm warning. Those that didn't have significant impacts were a couple degrees away from a disaster according to one Emergency Manager.

Below are a couple of the noteworthy reports:

Blue Earth County - a couple calls of powerlines iced and leaning. A CoCoRAHs observer measured 0.25 of ice on upwind side of rain gage, and another mentioned quarter inch of sleet/ice.

Faribault County - A few power outages and slippery roads.

Martin County - A few power outages, and at least 1/4 inch of ice on a fence.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1073574. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.