A toddler died after being left in a car for at least 3 hours.
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A toddler died after being left in a car for at least 3 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 Apr 29, 11:43 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1243 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010 .AVIATION... VFR THROUGH MID EVENING WITH SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY BROKEN CLOUDS BETWEEN 3500 AND 5000 FT. MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS A STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN SETS UP. EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS TO PREVAIL OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FT. A STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WIND WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH SPEEDS ONLY TEMPORARILY DECREASING AROUND SUNSET. WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 22 KNOTS SUSTAINED WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 35 KNOTS. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DECREASE SOME ON FRIDAY AS THE DRY LINE APPROACHES BUT REMAIN IN THE 12 TO 15 KNOT RANGE. SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING BUT FEEL BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE EAST OF ALL TAF SITES FRIDAY SO WILL ONLY INCLUDE VCSH OVERNIGHT AND CB AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY. 79 && .UPDATE... HAVE PULLED THE ISOLATED THUNDER FOR THIS EVENING OUT WEST...12Z MODELS ARE SHOWING MOISTURE MIXING OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND THE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION NEVER GOES TO ZERO. OTHERWISE...MINOR CLOUD ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE MORNING STRATUS. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 344 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010/ BREEZY CONDITIONS TO BEGIN WITH THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS RANGE FROM 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN RESPONSE TO SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WE HAVE HOISTED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING AT 4AM AND RUNNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT /05Z/. FROM MID MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST MID EVENING...EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE OUR CWA WILL REMAIN CAPPED TODAY. HOWEVER...SOUNDINGS APPEAR TO RUN A LITTLE TOO COOL FOR AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS OUT WEST. ACROSS OUR WESTERN/NORTHWESTERN CWA...TEMPS SHOULD EASILY CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES. READINGS AROUND 90 WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO ERODE THE CAP ACROSS THOSE AREAS. HOWEVER...THE DRYLINE WILL REMAIN WELL OFF TO OUR WEST TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THEREFORE...WITH NO REAL FOCUSING MECHANISM OR SUBSTANTIAL AREA OF LIFT...WE EXPECT THE AREA TO REMAIN DRY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CARRY MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 10 POPS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THIS EVENING...BUT THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD STILL BE TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THAT TIME. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS /40 TO 50 PERCENT/ WILL BE AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH NOON ON FRIDAY...NORTH OF I-20 AND EAST OF I-35. THESE HIGHER POPS WILL LINGER OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TIME OF DAY IS NOT THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES WILL CERTAINLY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS. THE INSTABILITY APPEARS TO BE ON THE MEAGER SIDE...LESS THAN 1000J/KG. STRONG STORMS WITH A FEW REACHING SEVERE LIMITS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE DRYLINE/PACIFIC FRONT WILL WOBBLE AROUND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY...KEEPING AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 IN THE MOIST SECTOR FOR SATURDAY. AS A SHORTWAVE TROF RIDES OVER WEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO ERUPT ON SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST CHANCES WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20...WITH THE RED RIVER TIER OF COUNTIES HAVING THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE QUITE STRONG /60 KTS/ ON SATURDAY AS A 130 KT JET STREAK MOVES OVERHEAD. REGARDING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...FOR NORTH TEXAS IT WILL BE A BIT OF A STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE STRONG SHEAR AND MODEST INSTABILITY. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN THE GREATER INSTABILITY...OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. ANY SURFACE BASED STORM THAT CAN ESTABLISH ITSELF IN THE STRONG SHEAR REGIME WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR LOW LEVEL ROTATION. BEYOND SATURDAY EVENING...WE WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY. THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS EARLY NEXT WEEK MAY NOT HAVE MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WE SHOULD BE IN A DRIER WEATHER PATTERN WITH RIDGING JUST OFF TO OUR WEST. SCHULTZ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 85 69 84 65 74 / 10 20 50 30 50 WACO, TX 84 71 85 67 77 / 10 20 30 30 30 PARIS, TX 81 67 80 66 77 / 5 20 50 30 60 DENTON, TX 83 67 84 59 75 / 10 20 40 20 50 MCKINNEY, TX 83 69 82 63 75 / 5 20 50 30 50 DALLAS, TX 85 70 84 67 76 / 5 20 50 30 50 TERRELL, TX 84 69 81 68 78 / 5 20 50 30 50 CORSICANA, TX 83 70 82 70 77 / 5 20 40 30 30 TEMPLE, TX 85 70 86 67 77 / 10 20 20 30 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 79/84
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 342 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-301200- 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- 342 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THOUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR BOATERS ON AREA LAKES AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY BY LATE MORNING AND BEYOND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS... COMANCHE LINE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SHIFT TO AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AS A COOL FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH ACROSS FAR EASTERN NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY EVENING...AS THE COOL FRONT CLEARS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 05/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 7 month old baby girl died after being left in a car for over 3 hours in Oak Cliff. The infant was discovered in the car at around 1:30 pm. Ambient temperatures at the time were in only in the upper 70s but the heat inside the car was too much for the infant.
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 | 2010-04-29 | 1 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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