Heat in Kentucky, July 17 to 21, 2019

Name: Heat in Kentucky, July 17 to 21, 2019
Start: 2019-07-17T11:00
End: 2019-07-21T17:00
Location: Kentucky

July 17 to 21, 2019 · 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.

A very large high in the upper levels of the atmosphere was sprawled across the southern two-thirds of the country for several days. This high brought several days of oppressive heat and humidity across western Kentucky. The Salvation Army in Hopkinsville opened a cooling center for anybody needing relief from the dangerous heat indices. Afternoon heat indices peaked between 100 and 109 degrees each day from the 17th to the 21st. The heat index at Paducah peaked at 102 degrees on the 17th, 106 on the 18th, and 103 to 106 from the 19th to the 21st. At Madisonville, the heat index peaked from 103 to 106 each of those five afternoons. Just prior to this heat wave, the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry produced a widespread soaking rain that set the stage for very high humidity levels. Dew points were in the mid to upper 70's. Actual high temperatures were mainly in the lower 90's.

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 17, 2:30 AM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:30 AM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

22 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Ballard

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Ballard forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Caldwell

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Calloway

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Calloway forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Carlisle

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Carlisle forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Christian

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Christian forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Crittenden

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Daviess

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Fulton

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Graves

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Graves forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Henderson

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Hickman

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Hickman forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Hopkins

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Livingston

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lyon

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Lyon forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Marshall

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, McCracken

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: McCracken forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, McLean

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: McLean forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Muhlenberg

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Todd

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Todd forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Trigg

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Trigg forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Union

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Webster

When: July 17, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
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 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, July 2019

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: 833442, 833443, 833444, 833445, 833446, 833447, 833448, 833449, 833450, 833451, 833452, 833453, 833454, 833455, 833456, 833457, 833458, 833459, 833460, 833461, 833462, 833463.