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Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

MUHLENBERG

318928

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Event typeevent_typeExcessive Heat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id318,928
Episode IDepisode_id53,325
Begin UTCbegin_utc2011-07-11T16:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2011-07-13T02:00:00+00:00
StatestateKENTUCKY
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameMUHLENBERG
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct1
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceASOS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeHigh pressure in the middle and upper levels of the atmosphere expanded east-northeast from the southern Plains. As this high expanded across the Lower Ohio Valley, it brought a few days of excessive heat and humidity. Peak heat indices on the afternoon of the 10th reached 112 degrees at Paducah and 114 at Murray. On the 11th, the heat index peaked at 117 degrees at Paducah and 115 at Hopkinsville and Henderson. On the 12th, the heat index peaked at 112 degrees at Paducah and Hopkinsville, and 119 at Henderson. Actual air temperatures were highest on the 11th, when the high at Paducah was 97 and the low was 80. In Muhlenberg County, a Kentucky state highway worker collapsed from heat exhaustion while flagging traffic at a work zone. The worker was treated for dehydration.
Yearyear2,011

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