Heat, Boyd
- When
- February 11, 12:00 PM EST to 5:00 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, February 11, 1999
Afternoon temperatures soared well into the 70s. Grayson and Ashland both observed 78 degrees.
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.
Afternoon temperatures soared well into the 70s. Grayson and Ashland both observed 78 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
- February 11, 12:00 PM EST to 5:00 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
- February 11, 12:00 PM EST to 5:00 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
- February 11, 12:00 PM EST to 5:00 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
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, February 11 to 12, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Hail and High Wind in Kansas, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, February 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 1999
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5681356, 5681357, 5681358, 5681359.