A heat related death occurred in Austin TX.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A heat related death occurred in Austin TX.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 2:16 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 316 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2009 .DISCUSSION... NO REAL CHANGE IN THE SHORT TERM. RIDGE WILL DOMINATE WITH MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT DAYS. GFS AND NAM ARE CLOSE WITH MAX TEMPS AND HAVE STAYED WITHIN TWO DEGREES THROUGH DAY TWO. MODELS SHOW SOME CHANGES STARTING OVER THE WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS SHOWN TO DROP INTO NORTH TEXAS AND SLIDE INTO EAST TEXAS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST AND THIS MAY ALLOW SOME CONVECTION TO SNEAK INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES. NAM IS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS...BUT HAVE BACKED OFF TOWARD GFS. OF COURSE WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT SLIGHT CHANCES. THIS FRONT WILL STALL TO OUR EAST AND SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITH DAYTIME HEATING SUN THROUGH WED AND SPREAD TO THE WEST ON WED. TEMPS FROM SUN THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD LOOK MUCH TOO COOL. HAVE INCREASED HIGHS 5 TO 8 DEGREES ON MOST DAYS. THE POSSIBLE BUST FOR ME WILL BE IF IT DOES RAIN EARLY AFTERNOON MON...HIGHS WILL STAY LOW. BUT...SINCE POPS ARE SO LOW...WILL BOLDLY TO HIGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 78 101 77 102 75 / - - - 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 101 75 101 74 / - - - 10 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 73 101 74 101 74 / 0 - - 10 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 75 100 76 100 75 / - - - 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 78 102 79 102 78 / 0 - - - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 76 100 76 100 74 / - - - 10 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 74 101 75 100 74 / 0 - - 10 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 74 100 75 100 74 / - - - 10 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 76 99 74 99 73 / - - - 10 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 77 100 77 100 77 / 0 - - 10 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 76 100 76 100 76 / 0 - - 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 512 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2009 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161100- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 512 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was found unresponsive in his vehicle in South Austin in the late afternoon. He had been working outside for several days during the heat wave. Appears to be some underlying causes of death, with heat being a contributing factor.
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 | 2009-07-15 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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