Heat, Travis
- When
- July 23, 12:42 PM CST
- Where
- Travis forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -97.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Texas, July 23, 2000
A 2-year-old boy died of heat stroke. He had a temperature of 108 degrees when he reached the hospital.
Where it happened
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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 EWX wrote it up.
A 2-year-old boy died of heat stroke. He had a temperature of 108 degrees when he reached the hospital. He was left on the floor of a sunroom and his mother had fallen asleep. He had cerebral palsy and epilepsy and was mentally retarded. A 72-year-old woman also died of heat stroke. Although air conditioning was available in her home, she had not turned it on.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Travis
- When
- July 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Travis forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -97.782 (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, Travis | 2000-07-23 | 2 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Travis | 2000-07-23 | 72 | 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, July 23, 2000
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 23 to 24, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, July 23 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 23, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 23, 2000
- Heat in California, July 23, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 23, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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: 5164918, 5164919.