Excessive Heat, Upper Jefferson
- When
- August 1, 11:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Upper Jefferson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
Seven roads in Jefferson Parish buckled due to heat.
Excessive Heat in Louisiana, August 1 to 2, 2010
Hot and humid weather produced high temperatures near 100 degrees and heat index values near 110 degrees in portions of southeast Louisiana.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LIX wrote it up.
Hot and humid weather produced high temperatures near 100 degrees and heat index values near 110 degrees in portions of southeast Louisiana.
Event by event
2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Lower Plaquemines
- When
- August 1, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower Plaquemines forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
A 40 year old man died due to heat stroke while fishing in Delacroix. Heat index values were near 110 degrees in the area at the time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive Heat, Lower Plaquemines | 2010-08-01 | 40 | Male | Boating | Direct |
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Tennessee, August 1 to 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat in Mississippi, August 1 to 4, 2010
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Mississippi, August 1 to 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 6, 2010
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, August 1 to 6, 2010
- Flooding in Texas, August 1 to 20, 2010
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Drought in Mississippi, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 1, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 1, 2010
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 1 to 2, 2010
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 254281, 253895.