Ambient temperature in the Lufkin, Texas area during the afternoon of August 24th climbed to 103 degrees. An infant was left inside an automobile in a parking lot and was later discovered deceased.
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Ambient temperature in the Lufkin, Texas area during the afternoon of August 24th climbed to 103 degrees. An infant was left inside an automobile in a parking lot and was later discovered deceased.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 2:14 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 314 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR MENA ARKANSAS TO SULPHUR SPRINGS TEXAS...SLIDING SLOWLY EASTWARD. DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION HAS RESTRICTED AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. HOWEVER...WENT AHEAD AND LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS FOR EARLY THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO NEARBY CONVECTION. PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE VALUES FROM GUIDANCE HAVE BEEN TRENDING SOMEWHAT COOLER THAN ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS. THEREFORE...WENT WITH A FORECAST THAT IS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN GUIDANCE REGARDING POST-FRONTAL HIGHS AND LOWS THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DRY CONDITIONS FORECAST TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. HOWEVER...AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME SOUTHERLY ON SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NOT EXPECTING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB OVER 100 DEGREES THROUGH THE WEEKEND DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKNESS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. /05/ && .AVIATION... VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FEW TO SCATTERED CU BASED ABOVE 3 KFT WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOCATIONS. VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL OVER THESE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SITES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FOR THE REMAINING OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECOUPLING LATER THIS EVENING. /23/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 70 95 69 94 68 / 10 10 0 0 0 MLU 67 95 69 95 67 / 10 10 0 0 0 DEQ 68 92 65 93 62 / 10 10 0 0 0 TXK 70 93 70 92 64 / 10 10 0 0 0 ELD 68 93 67 93 63 / 10 10 0 0 0 TYR 71 93 69 94 69 / 20 10 0 0 0 GGG 70 94 69 94 68 / 20 10 0 0 0 LFK 70 96 71 94 69 / 20 10 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05/23/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1146 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251215- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1146 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 05
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The ambient temperature in the Lufkin, Texas area during the afternoon of August 24th was 103 degrees. An infant was left inside a vehicle and was later found that afternoon deceased from the excessive heat inside the vehicle. Heat index values at the time were near 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive Heat, Angelina | 2010-08-24 | 0 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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