Heat, Jackson
- When
- July 8, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
A 68 year old man died from heat exhaustion while sitting in his pickup truck in a parking lot with the windows rolled up.
Heat in Mississippi, July 8, 2000
1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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, Jackson | 2000-07-08 | 68 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | 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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 8, 2000
- Heat in Arkansas, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 8, 2000
- Tornado and Flooding in Minnesota, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2000
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: 5173756.