Rice storm history

A rural Rice County man died while walking to his home during a blizzard. In addition, snowfall amounts averaged around 10 inches across the county, along with whiteout conditions which caused plows to be pulled off the road for several hours.

There was significant wind damage from a downburst that expanded in width as it traveled northeast. By the time it stopped producing damage, it was 8 wide on either side of Nerstrand. The damage began east-southeast of Morristown (near the Rice, Waseca, and Steele County line), m…

Baseball size hail was reported east of Northfield. The trained spotter emailed the picture of the large hail stone.

Several local officials, trained spotters and the general public observed flash flooding across northern and eastern Rice County due to 3, to locally 8. inches of rain that fell between 6 AM CST to 10 AM CST. Rice County Sheriff officials indicated that a number of residents were…

Numerous roads were closed due to excessive rainfall that fell on September 22nd and 23th. The major areal flooding didn't recede until late Saturday when most of the small streams and creeks had crested and only mainstem rivers remained flooded.

Hundreds and possibly thousands of vehicles damaged; many had to be totaled. Significant damage to many buildings and houses. Two car dealerships lost their entire inventory. Buildings on the St. Olaf college campus suffered roof and window damage. Approximately 17,000 acres of c…

The combination of falling snow and breezy winds resulted in winter storm conditions throughout the county. Snowfall reports ranged from 4 to 6, and the highest report was 6.0 inches near Faribault. Surface visibilities reported at KFBL in Faribault dropped to 1 mile or less for …

The AWOS at Faribault Municipal Airport reported an hour and a half of mixed precipitation which made for slippery travel conditions for the morning commute. A CoCoRaHS observer reported an icy glaze in Nerstrand and the Hwy 3 overpass in Northfield was very slippery.

Light snow combined with strong 25 to 35 mph wind gusts caused blowing snow and visibility near at 1/4 mile or below at the RWIS site near Medford. Emergency Management reported the blowing snow caused 25 vehicles to spinout, or crash across the county due to the whiteout conditi…

Approximately 1 to 3 inches of snow fell across the county. CoCoRaHS observers measured 2.5 inches of snow in Northfield, and 1.4 inches in Faribault. Additionally, the AWOS station at the Faribault Airport reported one mile of visibility due to falling snow which caused slippery…

Persistent light snow lasted for over 24 hours. Snowfall totals across the county were estimated around 5 to 8 inches. The highest report was 8.0 inches in Northfield.

A combination of snow and strong winds impacted the county Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. Snowfall amounts around 1 to 3 inches were estimated across the county, and wind gusts around 30 to 40 mph were measured throughout the event at Faribault Municipal Airport.

There was a report of a funnel cloud southwest of Faribault relayed via HAM radio.

A three inch diameter tree was reported down near the airport.

Street flooding in the 1500 block of 2nd Ave NW reported by county dispatch.

Large tree branch snapped on the southern side of the Faribault Golf Course.

An estimated 8 to 12 inches of snow fell across the county. Frequent gusts over 30 mph and heavy snowfall rates resulted in several hours of 3/4 mile visibility or less. These conditions resulted in many county roads becoming impassable or travel not advised (including CR-99) ear…

The wind chill dropped to -44 during the morning at the MNDOT RWIS site near Little Chicago.

Five to nine inches of snowfall was measured across the county. The highest snowfall observation was 8.9 inches in Faribault, MN.

A band of 1 to 2 inches fell across the western portion of the county.

Multiple large trees down with some landing on power lines and resulting in power outages across north Faribault.

Multiple reports of a funnel cloud with photos but no precip on radar. High-based clouds in the pictures.

Storm chaser located at the intersection 270th St E. and 59th Ave observed a brief tornado to the north-northwest. No damage was reported.

A total of 3 to 5 inches of rain fell from multiple rounds of thunderstorms. CoCoRaHS observers measured 5.35 inches near Morristown.

The storm total was 2.7 inches of rainfall.

Nearly 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in northern Rice county.

A large tree was down and blocking a road. An 18 inch diameter branch fell onto a vehicle.

Multiple bands of snow moved through and produced generally 4 to 6 inches of heavy wet snow and 35 mph wind gusts in the northern portion of the county.

CoCoRaHS observers measured three to five inches of snow that fell across the county.

Two to three inches of snow fell across the county.