Heat in Kentucky, August 1 to 2, 2006

Name: Heat in Kentucky, August 1 to 2, 2006
Start: 2006-08-01T11:00
End: 2006-08-02T19:00
Location: Kentucky

August 1 to 2, 2006 · NWS PAH · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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 PAH wrote it up.

The heat index peaked between 105 and 110 degrees across western Kentucky on August 1st. Hourly measurements of the heat index were as high as 110 degrees at Henderson and Owensboro, 108 at Hopkinsville, and 106 at Paducah. On the following day, the heat index was a little lower in most areas, but still peaked from 105 to 110 degrees at Henderson and Owensboro. A couple of Kentucky utility companies reported demand for electricity approached record levels.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 2:24 AM CST, 8 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:24 AM CST, 8 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
324 AM CDT AUG 1 2006

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE TEMPS AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MID
WEEK...THEN PRECIP CHANCES LATE WEEK.

LOOKING BACK AT YESTERDAYS HEAT INDICES ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST
AREA...MOST LOCATIONS REACHED AROUND 105 AND HIGHER...WITH ONLY A
COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS.  THOUGH CONDITIONS MAY BE A TAD LESS HUMID
TODAY DUE TO MIXING...WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...WITH MOST LOCATIONS AGAIN PROBABLY SEEING
HEAT INDICES RIGHT AROUND 105 DEGREES.  CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY
SIMILAR ON WEDNESDAY...BUT PREFER TO SEE HOW TODAY PANS OUT BEFORE
ISSUING AN ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY.

FOR THE LATE WEEK PRECIP CHANCES...GFS AND NAM ARE PICKING UP A
LITTLE SPEED FOR THE APPROACH OF THE COLD FRONT...MOVING IT ACROSS
THE AREA MAINLY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. LAST NIGHT MODELS
HAD SLOWED IT DOWN QUITE A BIT.  TWEAKED POPS UPWARD A LITTLE FOR
THURSDAY NIGHT...OTHERWISE LEFT THE REST OF THE POPS AS IS DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY OF BOTH TIMING AND JUST HOW FAR SOUTH FRONT WILL GET.

MET GUIDANCE HAS BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE COOLER THAN MAV FOR DAYTIME
HIGHS...AND EVEN THESE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF DEGREES TOO WARM.  NEAR
TERM HIGHS IN GRIDS ARE NEAR TO A LITTLE BELOW MET NUMBERS...SO ONLY
MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES IN A FEW PERIODS.  ONLY
EXCEPTION WAS TWEAKED DOWN HIGHS THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE PAH FA BASED ON BOTH MAV AND MET GUIDANCE TRENDS...AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF MORE CLOUDS MAKING INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF FRONT.
IN THE EXTENDED...GOING TEMPS ARE IN THE BALL PARK OF LATEST MEX
GUIDANCE...SO ONLY MADE A FEW SMALL TWEAKS.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
     BALLARD-CALDWELL-CALLOWAY-CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-
     DAVIESS-FULTON-GRAVES-HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-
     LYON-MARSHALL-MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION
     KY-WEBSTER.

MO...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
     BOLLINGER-BUTLER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW
     MADRID-PERRY MO-RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.

IL...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
     ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-
     JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION
     IL-WABASH-WAYNE IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.

IN...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
     GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&

RST

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:54 AM CST, 7 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
454 AM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-021000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
454 AM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAT INDICES WILL REACH FROM AROUND 105 TO POSSIBLY 110 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE THURSDAY
THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...TO ROSICLARE
ILLINOIS...TO SCOTT CITY MISSOURI...TO WEST OF PERRYVILLE. THE
MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX
VALUES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...AND ALSO ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.

RST

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

22 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Ballard

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to August 2, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Ballard forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Caldwell

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Calloway

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Calloway forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Carlisle

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Carlisle forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Christian

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to August 2, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Christian forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Crittenden

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Daviess

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to August 2, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Fulton

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Graves

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Graves forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Henderson

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to August 2, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Hickman

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Hickman forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Hopkins

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Livingston

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lyon

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Lyon forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Marshall

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, McCracken

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: McCracken forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, McLean

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: McLean forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Muhlenberg

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Todd

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Todd forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Trigg

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to August 2, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Trigg forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Union

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to August 2, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Webster

When: August 1, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.518, -87.683 (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

Every storm in Kentucky in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, August 2006

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: 5529805, 5529806, 5529807, 5529808, 5529809, 5529810, 5529811, 5529812, 5529813, 5529814, 5529815, 5529816, 5529817, 5529818, 5529819, 5529820, 5529821, 5529822, 5529823, 5529824, 5529825, 5529826.