Cold/Wind Chill — Jefferson, Kentucky

2010-02-11 · Jefferson, Kentucky

Event narrative

After a night of temperatures in the teens, police discovered the body of a man about a mile from his home in southwest Louisville the morning of February 11, on the deck of a home under construction. An autopsy showed that he had died of hypothermia.

Wider weather episode

The second hypothermia death in two days occurred in the Louisville metro area when a man died of exposure in southwest Louisville.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 218282. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.