An 18 month old boy died inside a locked car in the 2900 block of McKinley Ave in northwest Fort Worth. The boy was reported missing shortly after Noon CDT on May 27th and was later found in the car.
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An 18 month old boy died inside a locked car in the 2900 block of McKinley Ave in northwest Fort Worth. The boy was reported missing shortly after Noon CDT on May 27th and was later found in the car. The temperature at noon in the city of Fort Worth was 89 degrees with sunny skies prevailing.
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 May 27, 10:51 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1151 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2010 .AVIATION... GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR...WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING EAST OF I-35 AND ALSO ACROSS THE AREA WEST OF A BOWIE...TO TEMPLE LINE. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE. SOME PATCHY 5SM HZ/BR IS POSSIBLE 11-14Z. 58 && .UPDATE... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO WITH NORTH FLOW PREVAILING OVER NORTH TEXAS. THE MODELS INDICATE A FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IN THIS NORTH FLOW. AT THE SURFACE...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS PERSIST AND A BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE BOUNDARY /WHICH WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TODAY/ AND THE PRESENCE OF ADEQUATE MOISTURE /PWAT OF 1.41 INCHES ON THE 12Z MORNING SOUNDING/...HAVE EXPANDED 20 POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON TO INCLUDE ALL BUT THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF NORTH TEXAS. BUT HAVE KEPT THE MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND SKY GRIDS. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 236 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2010/ A SUMMER LIKE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS THE DOMINATE WEATHER FEATURE. THE RIDGE WILL FLATTEN EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THE PATTERN WILL BECOME MORE PROGRESSIVE. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT NORTH TEXAS WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE MAJORITY OF DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY EASTWARD MOVING SHORT WAVES. THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH INDICATE A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AROUND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL BRING INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES. IN THE SHORT TERM...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN TODAY AS A WEAK SHORT WAVE BACK DOORS THE REGION FROM NORTHEAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS DUE TO WEAK STEERING FLOW AND ADEQUATE MOISTURE. ALONG WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES...SOME PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES... WHERE THE MOST ABUNDANT LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN. WILL HOLD ON TO SOME 10 PERCENT PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM COULD DEVELOP. ALTHOUGH...THERE WILL BE NO DISCERNIBLE FOCUS FOR STORM INITIATION. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WILL REMAIN WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S AND LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 94 70 94 70 94 / 10 10 10 10 10 WACO, TX 93 66 95 66 96 / 20 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 91 67 88 67 89 / 20 10 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 93 66 93 64 94 / 10 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 92 65 91 63 92 / 20 10 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 94 72 93 72 93 / 10 10 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 96 67 92 67 92 / 20 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 91 68 93 69 92 / 20 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 93 65 92 67 93 / 20 20 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 90 63 91 64 92 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 443 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-281200- 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- 443 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS NEXT WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
An 18 month old boy died inside a locked car in the 2900 block of McKinley Ave in northwest Fort Worth. The boy was reported missing shortly after Noon CDT on May 27th and was later found in the car. The temperature at noon in the city of Fort Worth was 89 degrees with sunny skies prevailing.
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, Tarrant | 2010-05-27 | 1 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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