The first heat related death in north Texas occurred in Garland on June 23rd. A Heat Advisory was in effect.
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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.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
The first heat related death in north Texas occurred in Garland on June 23rd. A Heat Advisory was in effect.
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 Jun 23, 4:56 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 556 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 .AVIATION... UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND WILL SHIFT INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY 00 UTC THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTHEAST...THUS WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT BUT BECOMING MORE EASTERLY WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH CENTER INCHES CLOSER TO THE REGION. WE WILL AGAIN HAVE SCATTERED HIGH BASE (7-8KFT) CUMULUS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...SKC AND RAIN-FREE ACROSS OUR NORTH TEXAS TAF SITES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 407 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009/ A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS ARKANSAS...ALONG WHICH MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BUOYED DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DESPITE LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE EXTREME INSTABILITY. THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF THE CONVECTION IS IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE PARIS NWR LISTENING AREA. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BEAR WATCHING...APPEARS THE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NORTHEAST OF FWD CWA. WILL CARRY 10 POPS IN LAMAR COUNTY WITHOUT ANY MENTION IN THE ZFP. AT 243 PM CDT...DFW AIRPORT REACHED 100 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. MORE TRIPLE-DIGIT HIGHS ARE LIKELY THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...AS AN UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ENTRENCHED. WITH LIGHT WINDS AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...AN AIR POLLUTION WATCH LEVEL RED WILL BE IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY FOR THE DESIGNATED COUNTIES OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN AREA. THERE REMAINS SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE RIDGE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS TO RETROGRADE THE HIGH INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT TEMPERING OF THE HEAT TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. MEX GUIDANCE HAS REVERTED BACK TO SIGNIFICANT RELIEF... BUT THE OPERATIONAL PERFECT PROG IS A MARKED OUTLIER WITH PRONOUNCED NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL REFRAIN FROM MAJOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST...BUT THE CONSENSUS IS FOR A DOWNWARD TREND IN TEMPS NEXT WEEK. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 78 100 78 101 79 / 0 5 5 5 5 WACO, TX 76 103 76 103 76 / 0 5 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 75 98 75 98 74 / 10 10 10 5 5 DENTON, TX 74 100 74 100 77 / 0 5 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 72 100 72 100 73 / 0 5 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 81 101 80 101 81 / 0 5 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 75 99 74 99 76 / 0 10 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 75 100 76 100 76 / 0 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 73 102 75 102 75 / 0 5 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 252 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241200- 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- 252 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 259 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241000- 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- 259 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 ...HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... BROAD HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP NORTH TEXAS HOT THROUGH THIS COMING WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL FLIRT WITH THE CENTURY MARK EACH AFTERNOON... WHILE COMBINING WITH LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE IN PLACE TO CREATE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. IF YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUTDOORS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME...OR INVOLVED IN VIGOROUS ACTIVITIES...REMEMBER TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE SHADE OR AIR-CONDITIONED STRUCTURE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND AVOID CARBONATED OR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN...PETS OR PERSON WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS IN VEHICLES...AS TEMPERATURES INSIDE CAN HEAT UP TO LETHAL LEVELS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. 05/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A Rowlett man died in Garland from heat exposure after falling asleep in an enclosed car.
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, Dallas | 2009-06-23 | 53 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 178464.