High temperatures around 100 degrees with heat indices in the 105-110 degree range caused one death.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
High temperatures around 100 degrees with heat indices in the 105-110 degree range caused one death.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 5:30 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 630 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 .AVIATION... 12Z TAF ISSUANCE VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. JUST SOME SCATTERED HIGH THIN CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED. WIND WILL BE SSW IN THE MORNING AND SE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT SPEEDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10KT. TR.92 && .DISCUSSION... THE MAIN STORY THROUGH NEXT WEEK WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOT...DRY WEATHER. SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE WAS ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND WILL REMAIN ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME POSITION FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. SUBSIDENCE FROM THIS SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN DRIER AIR WHICH WILL ENSURE A QUICK WARM UP INTO THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S TODAY. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...MOST OF NORTH TEXAS WILL HIT A 100 DEGREES...WITH HIGHS OF 100-103 DEGREES LIKELY SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE METROPLEX THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHERE HEAT INDICES OF 105-110 DEGREES AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S ARE LIKELY. OTHER AREAS WILL ALSO SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THIS RANGE...BUT OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S. THE HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH NO RAIN IN SIGHT. A WEAK FRONT WILL GRAZE THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES OVER THE WEEKEND...USHERING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR. BY WEDNESDAY...THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN OUT SOME AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. THE GFS DEPICTS A STRONGER FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY... WHILE OTHER MODELS ARE LESS SUPPORTIVE. WHILE THIS FEATURE WOULD BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN...COMPRESSIONAL HEATING AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WOULD CAUSE HIGH TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE EVEN MORE. WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE MODELS DO WITH THIS FRONT IN THE NEXT FEW RUNS BEFORE INCLUDING ANY POPS. AS AN ASIDE...NUMEROUS MODELS...SAVE FOR THE GFS...SHOW A TROPICAL SYSTEM STRENGTHENING IN THE GULF LATE NEXT WEEK. IR SATELLITE THIS MORNING SHOWS PERHAPS THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM SOUTH OF CUBA. REGARDLESS...THE LARGE RIDGE OVER THE U.S. WILL KEEP THE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE AREA. /13 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 100 77 101 77 102 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 99 75 100 76 102 / 0 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 98 73 98 73 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 99 73 100 74 101 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 99 71 100 72 101 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 100 79 101 80 102 / 0 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 98 73 98 73 101 / 0 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 98 74 98 74 99 / 0 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 97 75 98 74 99 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ103-104-118-119. && 13/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 102 AND 107 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE URBAN AREAS OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX WHERE IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 105 DEGREES...THE OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY COOL INTO THE UPPER 70S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR THE METROPLEX THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND MAY BE EXPANDED TO COVER EASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS AS TEMPERATURES RISE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 92
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A man who was working on railroad tracks in Fort Worth died after he passed out around 9 AM. His death is believed to be heat-related. Later in the day, a man lost control of his car and crashed into a curb. Police believe he suffered a heat stroke.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive Heat, Tarrant | 2007-08-10 | 55 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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