Heat, Mississippi
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.764, -90.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat in Arkansas, July 11 to 17, 2018
Upper level high pressure dominated the region during the middle of July 2018. High temperatures and humidity combined to create dangerous heat indices across the Mid-South.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- 12
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 MEG wrote it up.
Upper level high pressure dominated the region during the middle of July 2018. High temperatures and humidity combined to create dangerous heat indices across the Mid-South.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Craighead
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Poinsett
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Poinsett forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.574, -90.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Cross
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cross forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.296, -90.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Crittenden
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, St. Francis
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.022, -90.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Lee
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.781, -90.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Phillips
- When
- July 11, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.428, -90.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Randolph
- When
- July 12, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Clay
- When
- July 12, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Greene
- When
- July 12, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values will exceed 105 degrees.
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- July 12, 11:00 AM CST to July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.
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
- Heat in Nevada, July 11 to 15, 2018
- Rip Current in Florida, July 11, 2018
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 11, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, July 11 to 14, 2018
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 11 to 12, 2018
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 11 to 12, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 11 to 12, 2018
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in California, July 11, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 11 to 14, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in Arizona, July 11 to 14, 2018
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 11, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 11 to 16, 2018
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2018
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 784927, 784928, 784929, 784930, 784931, 784932, 784933, 784934, 784924, 784925, 784926, 784935.