Wichita's high temperature on the 24th reached 90 degrees. Late that afternoon, a 10 month old girl was left in a car.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Wichita's high temperature on the 24th reached 90 degrees. Late that afternoon, a 10 month old girl was left in a car. Around 2 hours later, at 6:41 PM, Wichita police were dispatched. The girl died a few minutes later.
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 5:14 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 614 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 228 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 MAIN CONCERN IS RETURN OF THE HEAT AND POTENTIAL FOR A HEAT ADVISORY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...FOLLOWED BY SLIGHT PRECIP CHANCES AND COOLER WEATHER BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. UPPER RIDGE AXIS FROM NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN KANSAS WILL BECOME ELONGATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONUS BY SATURDAY...AS WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT INCREASES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LOW MOVING FROM THE CANADIAN ROCKIES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PRAIRIE PROVINCES. A HOT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW REGIME WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF KANSAS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL GRADUALLY SINK SOUTH INTO THE AREA. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD CREEP INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY FRIDAY NIGHT...AS AN INITIAL WEAK SHORTWAVE ALOFT RIPPLES EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. CONVECTIVE CHANCES LOOK SLIM...THOUGH ANY ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY INFLUENCE THE MOVEMENT AND POTENTIAL SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE SURFACE FRONT INTO SATURDAY. FOR NOW MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG/SOUTH OF THE APPROACHING FRONT INTO SATURDAY...WITH MAXS AROUND THE CENTURY MARK AND HEAT INDICES NEAR OR EXCEEDING HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS. AS THE CANADIAN UPPER LOW DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES INTO SUNDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER AIR OVERSPREADING CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. DARMOFAL .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 228 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 A STRETCH OF RELATIVELY COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING BELOW LATE JULY CLIMO. MAIN CHALLENGE IS WITH PRECIP CHANCES IN THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME ALOFT. SOMEWHAT BETTER CHANCES ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SHORTWAVES TOPPING THE WESTERN RIDGE AND RIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. KED && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 608 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 PRESSURE GRADIENT AND A 50 KNOT SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL JET SHOULD KEEP BOUNDARY LAYER MIXY OVERNIGHT WEST OF I-135. GUSTS AROUND 25 KNOTS APPEAR LIKELY THERE...WHILE SOUTHEAST KS WILL BE DECOUPLED. DEEP MIXED LAYER (SURFACE-700 MB) ON FRIDAY EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH WILL KEEP SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS IN CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A FEW MID-HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD...BUT OTHERWISE VFR WILL PREVAIL. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 75 100 76 101 / 0 0 10 10 HUTCHINSON 75 102 75 102 / 0 10 10 20 NEWTON 75 101 76 101 / 0 10 10 20 ELDORADO 73 99 74 100 / 0 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 74 100 75 101 / 0 0 10 10 RUSSELL 75 103 73 100 / 0 10 10 20 GREAT BEND 76 103 74 101 / 0 10 10 20 SALINA 75 105 75 102 / 0 10 10 20 MCPHERSON 75 102 75 102 / 0 10 10 20 COFFEYVILLE 72 97 74 99 / 0 0 10 10 CHANUTE 69 97 73 99 / 0 0 10 10 IOLA 69 97 73 99 / 0 10 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 70 97 74 99 / 0 0 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR KSZ032-033- 047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 256 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252000- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 256 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES MAY FLIRT WITH 100 DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL EARLY EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF I-135. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 108 DEGREES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ON SATURDAY...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES AGAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...AND MAY EXCEED 105 DEGREES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MEANWHILE...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SINK SOUTHWARD ACROSS KANSAS AND BRING SLIGHT CHANCES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...AND THEN AGAIN FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KED
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 10-month old girl died after she had been left in a car for approximately 2 hours from around 4:30 to 6:40 PM.
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, Sedgwick | 2014-07-24 | 1 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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