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Event Details
| Event | Drought |
| State | IOWA |
| County/Area | CLAYTON |
| WFO | ARX |
| Begin Date | 07/17/2012 05:00:00 CST-6 |
| End Date | 07/31/2012 23:59:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | |
| Episode Narrative | Persistent below normal precipitation allowed severe drought conditions to develop across all of northeast Iowa. Affects of the drought include damaged crops, pastures that have stopped growing, river flows that were less than 20 percent of normal, falling ground water levels and burning bans. |
| Event Narrative | Severe drought conditions developed across Clayton County because of a persistent lack of precipitation. Affects of the drought include damaged crops, pastures that have stopped growing, river flows that were less than 20 percent of normal on the Turkey River, falling ground water levels and the implementation of burning bans. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| CLAYTON (ZONE) | CLAYTON (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ALLAMAKEE (ZONE) | ALLAMAKEE (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MITCHELL (ZONE) | MITCHELL (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FLOYD (ZONE) | FLOYD (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WINNESHIEK (ZONE) | WINNESHIEK (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FAYETTE (ZONE) | FAYETTE (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CHICKASAW (ZONE) | CHICKASAW (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| HOWARD (ZONE) | HOWARD (ZONE) | IA | 07/17/2012 | 05:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |


