Heat, Wichita
- When
- August 10, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Texas, August 10 to 12, 1999
Excessive heat affected portions of western north Texas from August 10th through August 12th. Two persons died from the excessive heat.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 OUN wrote it up.
Excessive heat affected portions of western north Texas from August 10th through August 12th. Two persons died from the excessive heat. A 55-year old man died in his Wichita Falls home on the 10th, and an 80-year old woman died in the hospital in Vernon in Wilbarger County on the 12th. The average high temperature for the 3 days at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, which is in Wichita County, was 108, while the average low temperature was 80.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Wilbarger
- When
- August 12, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.081, -99.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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, Wichita | 1999-08-10 | 55 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Wilbarger | 1999-08-12 | 80 | Female | Permanent Home | 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
- Flooding and Hail in Arizona, August 10 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, August 10 to 11, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, August 10, 1999
- Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Oregon, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, August 10 to 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 1999
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: 5715056, 5715057.