A 42-year-old male died from a heat stroke in Harker Heights in Bell County. The man was working outside at the time of the stroke.
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A 42-year-old male died from a heat stroke in Harker Heights in Bell County. The man was working outside at the time of the stroke. Temperatures were around 105 degrees at the time. Denton County also reported 4 heat related illnesses during the month.
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 26, 2:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 350 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN FIRM CONTROL OF NORTH TEXAS WEATHER AND IS RESULTING IN VERY HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 107 DEGREES WITH SIMILAR HEAT INDEX VALUES. DEEP MIXING BY AFTERNOON HAS GENERALLY RESULTED IN DEW POINT VALUES AROUND 60 DEGREES WHICH CONVERTS TO AROUND 20-25 PERCENT HUMIDITY. THESE LOWER HUMIDITY VALUES ARE THE PRIMARY REASON FOR NOT ISSUING A HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS TIME...EVEN THOUGH IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. LOWER HUMIDITY GENERALLY MEANS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKER IN THE EVENING AFTER LOSS OF INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION. OVERNIGHT LOWS HAVE BEEN DROPPING TO AROUND 70 DEGREES IN OUTLYING AREAS AND AROUND 75 IN URBAN AREAS. IN ADDITION...SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MAY WORK INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH IS CURRENTLY WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE IS LOCATED. THE ONLY SYSTEM OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE TO AFFECT THE REGION IS CURRENTLY MOVING FROM THE WESTERN GULF INTO SOUTH TEXAS. THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES HAS RESULTED IN A NEARLY UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WEAK FORCING FROM THE DISTURBANCE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE GIVEN MODERATE INSTABILITY AND VERY LARGE TEMP/DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST CELLS COULD PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL. GIVEN THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE WITH THE 10 POPS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL ACTUALLY GET SQUASHED A BIT TOMORROW AS A STRONG TROF MOVES INTO THE HIGH PLAINS AND THE INVERTED TROF TO THE SOUTH SLOWLY PASSES BY. IN ADDITION...WIND FIELDS WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY AND SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SUGGESTS THAT TEMPERATURES MAY BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER TOMORROW AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BECOME CENTERED A LITTLE FARTHER WEST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WHICH SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO DROP BACK INTO THE UPPER 90S. YOU MAY NOT NOTICE MUCH RELIEF HOWEVER AS MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION RESULTING IN HIGHER HEAT INDEX VALUES. A WEAK INVERTED TROF WILL LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS INTO THE WEEKEND WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION BUT AT THIS TIME WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 77 105 75 102 76 / 0 0 0 5 5 WACO, TX 77 105 75 103 76 / 5 5 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 69 101 69 99 73 / 0 0 0 5 5 DENTON, TX 72 103 71 101 74 / 0 0 0 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 72 102 71 101 75 / 0 0 0 5 5 DALLAS, TX 77 106 76 102 77 / 0 0 0 5 5 TERRELL, TX 73 102 71 101 75 / 5 0 0 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 75 101 73 101 75 / 5 5 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 76 102 74 101 73 / 10 5 5 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 72 104 72 102 74 / 0 0 0 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 321 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271200- 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- 321 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING... GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF AN ATHENS...WACO...TO LAMPASAS LINE. IF ANY STORMS DO DEVELOP THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNBURST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY AGAIN TOP 105 DEGREES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 42-year-old male died from a heat stroke in Harker Heights. The man was working outside at the time of the stroke. Temperatures were around 105 degrees at the time.
Denton County reported 4 heat related illnesses during the month of June.
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, Bell | 2012-06-26 | 42 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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