Mississippi, 2000Heat in Mississippi, July 18, 2000
July 18, 2000 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Heat, Benton
- When
- July 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.817, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A five-month-old infant died when she was accidently left in a van for over an hour in Michigan City.
Heat, Calhoun
- When
- July 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 33.937, -89.336 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|
| Heat, Calhoun | 2000-07-18 | 84 | Female | Other | Direct |
- 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.
- Heat in Louisiana, July 18, 20002 deaths · 1 event
- Heat in Mississippi, July 18, 20001 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 18, 20001 death · 1 event
- Heat in Texas, July 18, 20001 death · 1 event
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, July 18 to 19, 2000$750,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 18, 2000$360,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, July 18, 2000$75,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flood in Illinois, July 18, 2000$200,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 2000$102,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 18, 20005 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 18, 2000$55,000 · 0.75 in hail · 4 events
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 18, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
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: 5163810, 5163811.