Drought, Boyd
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Kentucky, October 1 to 31, 2007
A rare October heat wave, during the 1st and 2nd weeks of the month, helped peak the severity of the drought. Many small streams and ponds remained dry.
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.
A rare October heat wave, during the 1st and 2nd weeks of the month, helped peak the severity of the drought. Many small streams and ponds remained dry. Lawrence County officials reported more 911 phone calls than usual, concerning snakes. Many of the calls involved timber rattlers. They also stated that the deer were struggling to find available water. Gatherings of deer were seen near dawn, around the limited water holes.
Much needed and widespread rain finally arrived on the 23rd and the 24th. Rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches were common. As the growing season ended and the autumn foliage peaked, drought conditions began to ease.
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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 6:39 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 6:39 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 739 PM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING A FEW SHOWERS TO SOUTHEAST OHIO. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...DRY WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED WITH THIS FEATURE. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE IS LIMITED WITH THIS FEATURE...BUT MODELS SHOW GOOD UPPER AIR DYNAMICS. SINCE DYNAMICS ARE GOOD AND MODELS SHOW JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE DEPTH IN SOUTHEAST OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WV...WILL INCLUDE A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... SHORTWAVE TROF SHOULD BE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...WITH A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM OFF THE MAINE COAST SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT...EXPECT REGION WILL BE DRY...AND EXPECT THE DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE AIRMASS NEAR THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE TOO DRY TO SUPPORT ANY PRECIPITATION...SO WILL LEAVE RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST. NEW TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST MAX/MINT GRIDS...AND SEE LITTLE REASON TO MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC DAYS 4-7 GUIDANCE...WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS. 00 UTC GFS SUGGESTS PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH A WEAK FRONT IN THE AREA. THIS BOUNDARY WILL EITHER DISSIPATE OR MOVE BACK NORTH LATE THURSDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN. THE HIGH SHOULD THEN REMAIN IN CONTROL INTO SUNDAY. HPC GUIDANCE SHOWS SOME LOW POPS EARLY IN THE PERIOD. HOWEVER... STILL FEEL MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED IN OUR AREA...SO EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS WITH A FEW MORE CLOUDS. HIGH TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE LOOKED REASONABLE AND WAS GENERALLY FOLLOWED. HOWEVER...FEEL LOW TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE WAS A LITTLE HIGH...SO HAVE LOWERED VALUES A DEGREE OR SO. && .AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME DENSE RIVER FOG IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AFTER 12Z MONDAY...VALLEY FOG STILL POSSIBLE NEAR DAWN EACH MORNING MAY CAUSE ISOLATED IFR. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DB NEAR TERM...DB SHORT TERM...DB LONG TERM...JSH AVIATION...DB
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 2:52 AM EST, 21 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 352 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-010800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 352 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Carter
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Greenup
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lawrence
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 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
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current and High Surf in Florida, October 1 to 2, 2007
- Drought in Tennessee, October 1 to 31, 2007
- Drought in North Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2007
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, October 1, 2007
- Drought in Virginia, October 1 to 31, 2007
- Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, October 1, 2007
- Drought in Alabama, October 1 to 31, 2007
- Damaging Wind and High Surf in Florida, October 1 to 2, 2007
- Drought in North Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2007
- Drought in Mississippi, October 1 to 31, 2007
- Drought in Tennessee, October 1 to 31, 2007
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, October 2007
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 60482, 60483, 60484, 60485.