Drought, Eddy
- When
- July 31, 5:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 47.718, -98.902 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in North Dakota, July 31, 2012
Lack of consistent precipitation across portions of eastern North Dakota led to a D2 drought designation per the U. S.
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 FGF wrote it up.
Lack of consistent precipitation across portions of eastern North Dakota led to a D2 drought designation per the U. S. Drought Monitor. Crops in the area began to suffer from the heat and lack of rainfall.
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 Jul 31, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 430 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. MODELS IN GENERALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE ECMWF WAS THE SLOWEST AND THE NAM AND GEM FAST. THE GFS WAS A COMPROMISE. WILL PREFER THE GFS. UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVER MT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SHORT WAVE EXPECTED TO OUTRUN THERMODYNAMIC SUPPORT. WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN THE WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. 700 HPA THERMAL RIDGE MOVES OVER THE AREA TONIGHT ALONG WITH LOW LEVEL WIND SHIFT AND CONVERGENT FLOW. WILL INCREASE POPS FOR TONIGHT. PRECIP SHIFT OUT OF THE AREA ON WED. SHORT WAVE OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WED NIGHT. RETURN FLOW THU WILL KEEP LOW POPS WEST AND HIGHER POPS FOR THU NIGHT WITH LOW LEVEL JET FORECAST. .LONG TERM (FRI THROUGH MON)... MODELS ARE IN GOOD OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH AN ACTIVE PERIOD FRI/SAT...AS A POTENT UPPER LOW ROTATES INTO THE REGION. THERE SHOULD BE AMPLE INSTABILITY/MOISTURE AND FORCING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRI INTO SAT...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE GIVEN THE STRONG UPPER LOW. COLDER AIR SHOULD FILTER INTO THE REGION BY SUN AND TEMPS WILL FALL BELOW NORMAL. WARMER TEMPS WILL RETURN MON/TUE ALONG WITH DRY WEATHER WITH WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPS AND WEAK SFC FLOW. && .AVIATION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE SOUTHEAST ZONES BY 12Z TUE. WILL PUT PATCHY FOG EAST THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR TODAY. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && HOPPES/DK
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
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, July 31, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 31, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 31, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 31, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 2012
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2012
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: 398070.