A small "heat wave" gripped the region during the middle of July with high temperature ranging from the upper 90s to around 100 degrees for five days with overnight lows only reaching the middle 70s. The hottest temperatures during this period occurred from the Mississippi Delta, across northern Mississippi and then down to the Jackson Metro and toward Meridian. This area peaked between 100 and 102 degrees for at least two days during the hot five day stretch.An area particularly hard hit was in Leake County just outside Carthage. Here a chicken farmer lost 9000 laying hens. The chickens died because of oxygen depletion when the air ventilation fans broke. With outside air temperatures at 100 degrees and no ventilation, the birds only have about 30 minutes then the air temperature gets too hot, oxygen is used up and the birds perish. The lost of these 9000 chickens cost the farmer 76,500 dollars.

Heat in BOLIVAR, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in FRANKLIN, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in HINDS, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in COPIAH, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in FORREST, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in COVINGTON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in WINSTON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in YAZOO, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in JEFFERSON DAVIS, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in JONES, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in SCOTT, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in JASPER, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in JEFFERSON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in ATTALA, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in CLAIBORNE, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in CLARKE, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in OKTIBBEHA, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in LAWRENCE, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in LEAKE, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Crop damage: 76.5K
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in LEFLORE, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in HUMPHREYS, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in ISSAQUENA, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in LAMAR, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in LAUDERDALE, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in MARION, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in WASHINGTON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in KEMPER, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in WARREN, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in MONTGOMERY, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in NESHOBA, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in WEBSTER, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in HOLMES, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in SIMPSON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in SMITH, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in SUNFLOWER, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in LINCOLN, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in SHARKEY, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in RANKIN, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in LOWNDES, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in MADISON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in NOXUBEE, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in CLAY, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in ADAMS, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in CARROLL, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat in CHOCTAW, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-JUL-06 12:00:00 to 19-JUL-06 23:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.