A heat death occured after a mother left her seven month old baby in a car for five hours.
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A heat death occured after a mother left her seven month old baby in a car for five hours.
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 28, 11:28 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1228 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 .AVIATION... /18Z UPDATE/ LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND WEAK FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA RESULTED IN SOME LOW CIGS EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS AREA OF LOWER CIGS HAS MIXED OUT SOMEWHAT WITH CIGS GENERALLY SCT/BKN030. WILL PREVAIL VFR CONDS AREAWIDE THROUGH AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH LINGERING MOISTURE COMBINED WITH WEAK DISTURBANCE COULD STILL TRIGGER SOME SCATTERED AFTN CONVECTION MAINLY EAST OF AREA AIRPORTS. WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY IF IT APPEARS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DEVELOPS FARTHER WEST THAN ANTICIPATED. OTHERWISE...NORTHERLY FLOW PREVAILS AROUND 10KTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. 91/DUNN && .UPDATE... UPDATED AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES. STRATA CU DECK HAS SPREAD OVER MOST LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS MORNING KEEPING TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW EXPECTED HOURLYS FOR LATE MORNING. MODIFYING THE 12Z FWD SOUNDING INDICATED HIGHS IN THE METROPLEX IN THE LOWER 90S...AND ALSO INDICATED SOME POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON TSTM DEVELOPMENT WITH 2000 J/KG OF CAPE WITH LITTLE APPARENT CAP IN PLACE. 12Z H850 ANALYSIS INDICATES A PLUME OF 15 DEG C DEW POINTS HOLDING OVER MUCH OF NORTH TX AND EXTENDING WEST ALONG THE RED RIVER. THIS LOW LVL MOISTURE AXIS SEEMS TO BE FAVORABLY ORIENTED AHEAD OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH THIS MORNING. 14Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD FRONT HAS MORE OR LESS EXITED THE CWA...WITH THE COLD FRONT HOLDING NEAR PALESTINE AND JUST SOUTH OF TEMPLE. NAM/RUC BOTH INDICATE SOME LOW LVL DRY AIR FILTERING IN FROM OK THIS AFTERNOON...AND FEEL THAT THIS WILL MOST LIKELY AFFECT OUR NORTHWESTERN/WESTERN AREAS. FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...LOW LVL MOISTURE LOOKS TO HOLD IN AT LEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HRS. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH...THE GFS/NAM BOTH INDICATE POSITIVE PRESSURE ADVECTION ON THE 1.5 PVU SFC...INDICATING SOME LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT OVER MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER 18Z. WITH A SOURCE OF LIFT...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW LVL MOISTURE TO HOLD OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON SPREAD TSTM CHANCES BACK WEST...COVERING AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM TO FORT WORTH TO COMANCHE LINE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE (20 PERCENT) CHANCE FOR TSTM ACTIVITY. AREAS FURTHER SOUTHEAST...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A PARIS TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE LINE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE DEEP LOW LVL MOISTURE HOLD IN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...THEREFORE BUMPED POPS INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. IF TSTMS DEVELOP...THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THEY COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. WILL UPDATE HWO/GRAPHICAL HAZARDS SHORTLY. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009/ THE FRONT IS TAKING ITS TIME MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS... CURRENTLY DRAPED FROM NEAR LITTLE ROCK TO SULPHUR SPRINGS TO SAN ANGELO. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY OVER OUR EASTERN HALF /EAST OF A SHERMAN TO DFW TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE/. THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDDAY...BUT REDEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF I-35. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY DRY FOR OUR REGION...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT A STRAY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES. HOWEVER...PROBABILITIES ARE QUITE SMALL AND WILL LEAVE MENTION OUT OF THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. THE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN CONTINUES TO WREAK HAVOC ON PINPOINTING PRECIP OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS HIGH AS THE MODELS STRUGGLE TO AGREE RUN TO RUN AND WITH EACH OTHER. WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS/EVENINGS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. THERE LOOK TO BE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK AS THE MODELS HINT AT CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES...HOWEVER TIMING AND LOCATION ARE DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH. SCHULTZ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 92 70 92 70 89 / 20 10 10 5 10 WACO, TX 95 68 95 68 92 / 20 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 89 66 89 65 85 / 30 10 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 91 66 91 66 89 / 20 10 10 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 91 66 91 65 88 / 20 10 10 5 10 DALLAS, TX 93 71 92 71 89 / 20 10 10 5 10 TERRELL, TX 92 68 92 67 89 / 20 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 94 68 92 67 89 / 20 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 95 68 95 66 92 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1139 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291200- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 1139 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM TO FORT WORTH TO COMANCHE LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A QUARTER THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION OFF AND ON NEXT WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR ANY AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM TO FORT WORTH TO COMANCHE LINE THIS AFTERNOON. CAVANAUGH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A seventh month old female died in a parked car outside of an elementary school in Corsicana. The child was left in the car for approximately 5 hours. The temperature at the time was 89 degrees.
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, Navarro | 2009-08-28 | 1 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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