Drought in Minnesota, January 1 to 31, 2007

Name: Drought in Minnesota, January 1 to 31, 2007
Start: 2007-01-01T00:00
End: 2007-01-31T23:59
Location: Minnesota

January 1 to 31, 2007 · NWS FGF · 14 events in 14 counties and zones

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Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 14

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.

A lack of rainfall over the summer and fall of 2006 kept many counties across northwest and west central Minnesota in a D2 (severe) or D3 (extreme) drought designation (per the U.S. Drought Monitor). Roseau, Lake of the Woods, East Marshall, Pennington, North and South Beltrami, North and South Clearwater, Hubbard, and Wadena counties were classified in the D3 category. Red Lake, East Polk, Mahnomen, and East Becker counties were grouped in the D2 category.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 8:20 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 8:20 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
820 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

.CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL OVERVIEW...
02Z SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTED LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH
RESULTANT UPSTREAM NORTHWEST FLOW EVIDENT OVER CWFA. LATEST WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWED NEGATIVELY TILTED 500MB LOW OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY WITH FEATURE LIFTING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST. EXAMINATION
OF SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED BACK EDGE OF IFR CLOUD DECK WORKING
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH BJI TAF SITE NOW SKC.

.FORECAST DETAILS...
EXPECT NEW YEAR TO COME IN TRANQUIL WITH CLEAR SKIES/LIGHT WINDS/
FRESH SNOW COVER HELPING TO PROMOTE A RATHER COLD NIGHT. AGREE WITH
INHERITED FCST THAT COLDEST TEMPS SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN PORTION
OF CWA. ATTM APPEARS THAT ONLY MINOR UPDATE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS SKY
COVER WORDING ISSUES.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

BERG

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 10:35 AM CST, 13 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1035 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-011645-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
1035 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ALL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW
TODAY IN NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. BUT NO PRECIPITATION
WILL OCCUR THE REST OF TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DTR

The radar

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Event by event

14 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Lake of the Woods

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lake of the Woods forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 48.771, -94.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Roseau

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Roseau forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 48.775, -95.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, East Marshall

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: East Marshall forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 48.358, -96.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, North Beltrami

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: North Beltrami forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.974, -94.938 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, South Beltrami

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: South Beltrami forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.974, -94.938 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Pennington

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pennington forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 48.066, -96.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Red Lake

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Red Lake forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.872, -96.095 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, East Polk

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: East Polk forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, North Clearwater

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: North Clearwater forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, South Clearwater

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: South Clearwater forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Mahnomen

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Mahnomen forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.325, -95.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, East Becker

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: East Becker forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 46.935, -95.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hubbard

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hubbard forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 47.109, -94.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wadena

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wadena forecast zone
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 46.586, -94.969 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, January 2007

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 7065, 7066, 7067, 7068, 7069, 7070, 7071, 7072, 7073, 7074, 7075, 7076, 7077, 7078.