Drought, Butler
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 36.716, -90.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Missouri, August 1 to 31, 2010
Moderate drought conditions persisted over much of southeast Missouri. After a very dry June, some areas received beneficial rain in July and August.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 8
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.
Moderate drought conditions persisted over much of southeast Missouri. After a very dry June, some areas received beneficial rain in July and August. Rainfall for the months of July and August was variable, consisting of isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. Many locations were one to over three inches below normal for the month of August. Hot conditions increased evaporation rates and crop stress. Unirrigated corn yields were expected to be a total failure in some places. Livestock producers in Ripley and Carter Counties were feeding hay due to pastures that were burned up by not having significant rainfall for six weeks. Livestock water was also becoming a concern for some producers. An upper level ridge of high pressure remained firmly entrenched over the southern states during most of the month.
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 Jul 31, 11:02 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 11:02 PM CST, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1202 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE. THE DISCUSSION SECTION IS UNCHANGED FROM THE 823 PM PRODUCT ISSUANCE. && .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION ALONG THE KY/TN BORDER IS IN LINE WITH SFC-925 MB FRONTAL ZONE...WHILE THE ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS/SWRN INDIANA IS ALONG THE SHARPEST GRADIENT BETWEEN THE 850-700 MB TROUGH AXIS. THERE IS STILL ENOUGH SURFACE BASED THETA-E CONVERGENCE TO SUPPORT CONTINUED ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION ALONG BOTH ZONES OF FOCUSED LIFT THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...DRIER AIR NOTED ON THE GOES SOUNDER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY /CENTERED IN THE 700-850 MB LAYER/ MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...SHOULD WORK TO LIMIT BUOYANCY AS DRIER AIR IS ENTRAINED AT LOW AND MID LEVELS THROUGH THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA. I HAVE LEFT A SMALL CHANCE /ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS/ OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA. AT THIS TIME...ANY FOG PRODUCTION SHOULD BE MINIMAL...WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE MOUNT VERNON IL AREA. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MIXING/DRY AIR INTRUSION TO LIMIT ANY MEANINGFUL FOG PRODUCTION OVERNIGHT. /PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED 150 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010/ WILL MAKE A LAST MINUTE CALL ON POTENTIAL AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. LAPS SHOWS BEST INSTABILITY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 1/2 OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BOUNDARY FROM JUST SOUTH OF KFAM...TO KMDH TO A WEAK LOW OVER KLWV. SPC JUST ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY. PRODUCTS TO BE OUT SHORTLY. OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE DRY...WITH DRY POST FRONTAL WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY AS WELL. THEN HEIGHTS RISE AND TEMPS ALOFT WARM AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS NORTH AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IT SHOULD BE RATHER HOT...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES 105 TO 110. ISSUED A SPS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. LONG RANGE GFS IS STILL SHOWING A WEAK FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA LATE WED INTO THUR. ECMWF 00Z RUN BACKED OFF. TENDED TOWARD THE GFS...SINCE THE ECMWF HAS BEEN FLIP FLOPPING. STILL THE WEAK FRONT WILL ONLY PROVIDE SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPS AND DEW POINTS...AND JUST A SMALL CHANCE OF CONVECTION MID TO LATE WEEK. && .AVIATION... GUIDANCE LEANING MORE TOWARD AN MVFR TO IFR FOG EVENT TOWARD SUNRISE THIS MORNING...RATHER THAN LOW CEILINGS. HAVE ADJUSTED THE TAFS ACCORDINGLY. OTHERWISE NO ISSUES EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG WITH LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && AVIATION...DRS SHORT TERM...SMITH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 10:13 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1113 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011000- 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- 1113 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON DUE TO ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY SINKING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. SWELTERING CONDITIONS WILL RETURN ACROSS THE REGION NEXT WEEK. PEAK AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALSO...HEAT INDICES OF 105 AND GREATER ARE LIKELY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SMITH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Carter
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 36.941, -90.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Mississippi
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 36.828, -89.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, New Madrid
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- New Madrid forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 36.595, -89.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Ripley
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 36.653, -90.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Scott
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 37.053, -89.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Stoddard
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Stoddard forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 36.856, -89.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wayne
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 37.113, -90.461 (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
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Tennessee, August 1 to 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat in Mississippi, August 1 to 4, 2010
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Mississippi, August 1 to 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 6, 2010
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, August 1 to 6, 2010
- Excessive Heat in Louisiana, August 1 to 2, 2010
- Flooding in Texas, August 1 to 20, 2010
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Drought in Mississippi, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 1, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 1, 2010
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2010
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: 251495, 251496, 251497, 251498, 251499, 251500, 251501, 251502.