Heat, Travis
- When
- July 5, 5:34 AM CST
- Where
- Travis forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -97.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Texas, July 5, 2000
A 26-year-old man died of heat stroke Tuesday morning after working outdoors at a construction site on Monday afternoon. He had been working outside in a surveying crew and was taken to a hospital Monday evening with a 108-degree temperature.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A 26-year-old man died of heat stroke Tuesday morning after working outdoors at a construction site on Monday afternoon. He had been working outside in a surveying crew and was taken to a hospital Monday evening with a 108-degree temperature.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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, Travis | 2000-07-05 | 26 | 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
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 5, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, July 5, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, July 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 2000
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 5 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 5, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 5, 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: 5164917.