Heat, Boyd
- When
- September 14, 11:00 AM EST to September 15, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Kentucky, September 14 to 15, 1998
The hottest temperatures of the summer occurred. The dry pattern during the late summer contributed to the heat.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 RLX wrote it up.
The hottest temperatures of the summer occurred. The dry pattern during the late summer contributed to the heat. Readings peaked in the mid and upper 90s on the 14th. Preliminary data indicated that Ashland reached 99 degrees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Carter
- When
- September 14, 11:00 AM EST to September 15, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Greenup
- When
- September 14, 11:00 AM EST to September 15, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- September 14, 11:00 AM EST to September 15, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.068, -82.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 14, 1998
- Heat in West Virginia, September 14 to 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 14, 1998
- Heat in Ohio, September 14 to 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, September 14, 1998
- Heat in Virginia, September 14 to 15, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, September 14 to 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, September 1998
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: 5666922, 5666923, 5666924, 5666925.