Heat, Central Sjv
- When
- August 27, 3:00 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Sjv forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat in California, August 27, 1998
While temperatures were only above normal, humidities continued to be much above normal for the Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley. A student athlete succumbed to heat exhaustion apparently from a Thursday afternoon football practice ...
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 HNX wrote it up.
While temperatures were only above normal, humidities continued to be much above normal for the Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley. A student athlete succumbed to heat exhaustion apparently from a Thursday afternoon football practice ... passing away during the night and discovered early on Friday morning the 28th.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Central Sjv | 1998-08-28 | 16 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 27 to 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 27, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, August 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 27, 1998
- Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, August 27, 1998
- Flood in Missouri, August 27, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 27, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, August 27, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 1998
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: 5655669.