A 21 month old girl was left in an automobile on June 18th and led to an accidental death due to heat related causes.
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.
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 21 month old girl was left in an automobile on June 18th and led to an accidental death due to heat related causes.
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 Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 12:54 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 154 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...DISCUSSION...A DEEP UPPER LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE PAC NW TONIGHT AND BRING A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE FCST AREA WED THRU FRI. SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTN OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THRU EASTEREN ID BY LATE WED MORN. THIS WILL BRING IN MUCH COOLER AIR ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS FOR WED AFTN AND EVE. NAM GUIDANCE PUSHES WINDS INTO THE ADVISORY LEVEL...WHILE THE GFS FALLS SHORT. BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER WINDS AND THE COLD ADVECTION...WILL GO AHEAD WITH A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MID AND UPPER SNAKE PLAIN. SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN MTNS INTO WED EVE. PRECIP AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE BURN AREAS IN NORTHERN CUSTER CO. ISOLD SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAY POP UP WED AFTN/EVE OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. AT THIS TIME... IT LOOKS LIKE THE SNAKE PLAIN/EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY WILL REMAIN DRY. PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT WED AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY TO THE EAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN MTNS INTO FRI AS THE UPPER LOW TAKES ITS TIME MOVING OUT OF ID. THE NAM MOVES THE LOW OUT MUCH SOONER...BUT THE GFS AND THE ECMWF SAY OTHERWISE. A MINOR UPPER RIDGE MOVES INTO THE PAC NW BY SAT EVE...AND REMAINS INTO SUNDAY BEFORE FLATTENING INTO MORE ZONAL FLOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDTIONS AND WARMER TEMPS SAT AND SUN...BUT THE ZONAL FLOW SHOULD BRING IN PAC MOISTURE. THIS WILL INCREAST THE CHANCES FOR PRECIP MON THRU TUE IN THE CENTRAL MTNS. HEDGES && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT ISOLATED POCKETS OF LATE AFTERNOON HIGH-BASED CONVECTION OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...AND WIND GUSTS MAY AGAIN BE ERRATIC AND STRONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 40KTS. MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION OVERNIGHT WITH SOME POCKETS OF MVFR. MOST LIKELY AREA FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AFTER 06Z. DSH && .FIRE WEATHER... .FIRE WEATHER...PACNW UPPER LOW MOVES FURTHER INLAND TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. POCKETS OF DRY CONVECTION POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A COLD FRONT SLIDES ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIP IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A CORRESPONDING RISE IN DAYTIME HUMIDITY. DSH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY IDZ020-021. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 343 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-190945- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 343 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATER TODAY. ISOLATED ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AND NEAR CITY OF ROCKS...WITH A MUCH BETTER CHANCE IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STRONGER STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. OVERNIGHT...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE WEST OF A CHALLIS TO GALENA SUMMIT LINE. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AND SLIDES FOR THE HALSTEAD AND MUSTANG BURN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EXCEPT FOR NEAR BEAR LAKE. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH MOST STORMS...WITH SOME SMALL HAIL EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO POSE POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR THE MUSTANG AND HALSTEAD BURN AREAS THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTY WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT TOMORROW. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS LIKELY NEEDED FOR AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR AND POSSIBLY A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN. DUE TO COOLER TEMPERATURES...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL... EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR 208-233-0834.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 21 month old girl died in Ammon when she was accidentally left in an automoblie and suffered heat stroke.
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, Upper Snake River Plain | 2013-06-18 | 1 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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