An extended period of very hot weather occurred across Northeast Kansas between July 19th and July 23rd. Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range.
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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.
The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
An extended period of very hot weather occurred across Northeast Kansas between July 19th and July 23rd. Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period. No fatalities were reported however hundreds of cattle did perish in Ottawa County due to the heat.
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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 5:56 AM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Daytime air temperatures reached between 98 and 106 while heat indices reached the 110 to 115 degree range. Nighttime temperatures only fell into the 75 to 80 degree range through this period.
Several hundred head of cattle perished at a feedlot in Bennington, Kansas due to the heat. The cattle refuse to eat and starved to death due to the heat. Excessive heat warning criteria were not exceeded in this area however the prolonged nature of the heat and the conditions of the feedlot contributed to the losses. The estimates of dollars losses are rough estimates based on the number of cattle lost and the estimated price per head of cattle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2010
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: 253661, 253673, 253674, 253675, 253676, 253677, 253678, 253679, 253680, 253731.