Drought, Pine
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pine forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 46.121, -92.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Minnesota, September 1 to 30, 2009
S. Drought Monitor.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 DLH wrote it up.
Severe (D2) drought conditions redeveloped in far eastern Pine County in mid September, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The area covered the St. Croix River Valley.
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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 11:22 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 11:22 PM CST, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1222 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2009 .AVIATION...06Z TAFS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA WILL LEAD TO LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED FOG...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO IFR FOR A FEW HOURS LATE TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 844 PM CDT MON AUG 31 2009/ DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING. WE MADE SOME SMALL CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST...NAMELY DROPPING TEMPERATURES BY A FEW DEGREES...AND ADDING SOME PATCHY FOG. TEMP/DEW POINT SPREADS NARROWING THIS EVENING...AND A COUPLE OBSERVATIONS HAVE RECENTLY GONE TO 7SM VSBY. VSBY REDUCTION COULD BE A COMBO OF SOME HAZE AND FOG TONIGHT...AS THERE HAS BEEN SOME SMOKE MOVING IN FROM FOREST FIRES WELL TO THE NORTH AND WEST. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 629 PM CDT MON AUG 31 2009/ AVIATION...00Z TAFS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA WILL LEAD TO LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED FOG...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO IFR FOR A FEW HOURS LATE TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. && .POINT TEMPS/POPS... DLH 72 49 74 52 / 0 10 10 10 INL 75 49 76 50 / 0 10 10 10 BRD 75 52 77 53 / 0 10 10 10 HYR 73 48 77 47 / 0 10 10 10 ASX 73 50 75 50 / 0 10 10 10 && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. && 07
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 3:05 AM CST, 20 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 405 AM CDT MON AUG 31 2009 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-010915- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 405 AM CDT MON AUG 31 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-010915- BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN- GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN- TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN- SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN- DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI- SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI- 405 AM CDT MON AUG 31 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. 12 MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2009
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 3, 2009
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 8, 2009
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2009
- Drought in Colorado, September 1 to 30, 2009
- Drought in California, September 1 to 30, 2009
- Drought in Hawaii, September 1 to 30, 2009
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 14, 2009
- Drought in Wisconsin, September 1 to 30, 2009
- Drought in Wisconsin, September 1, 2009
- Drought in Utah, September 1 to 30, 2009
- Drought in Wisconsin, September 1 to 30, 2009
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, September 2009
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: 196356.