Oklahoma, 2000

Heat in Oklahoma, August 28, 2000

August 28, 2000 · NWS OUN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Oklahoma

When
August 28, 4:15 PM CST
Where
Oklahoma forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 74-year old woman was found dead in her home in south Oklahoma City due to heat exhaution. The control switch for the central air heating and cooling system was set in the heat position rather than the cool position. The high temperature in Oklahoma City was 103, which was the 12th day in a row at or above 100 degrees.

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.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Heat, Oklahoma2000-07-2874FemalePermanent HomeDirect

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.

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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: 5173795.