A 5-year-old boy died inside a hot car during the afternoon hours.
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A 5-year-old boy died inside a hot car during the afternoon hours.
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 Aug 23, 11:34 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1234 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 2015 .AVIATION... NEW CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AS IT PUSHES SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE NORTHEASTERN DFW TRACON. ACTIVITY IS SCATTERED AND IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AS THE OUTFLOW MOVES FARTHER SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. ALSO...THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE BOUNDARY WILL SLOW DOWN BEFORE STALLING AND WASHING OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WE STILL MAY SEE LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AT DFW AND SURROUNDING TERMINALS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE BOUNDARY EASES ONTO THE AREA. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND INDICATE 5-7 KT NE WINDS 20-23Z ALONG WITH VCSH. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF THUNDER...BUT THE PROBABILITY STILL APPEARS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN AREA TAFS. OUTFLOW SHOULD STALL BEFORE REACHING KACT. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD RETURN BY 04Z IN THE METROPLEX AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT IS ALSO SLOW-MOVING...AND SHOULD BRING ANOTHER WIND SHIFT IN THE METROPLEX AROUND 24/06Z. CONDITIONS ARE NOT ALL THAT FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING...BUT A FEW ISOLATED STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY NOT REACH THE WACO AREA UNTIL 12Z OR SO MONDAY...BUT THE CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE TOO LOW TO MENTION IN THE KACT TAF. BEHIND THE FRONT...LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 30 && .UPDATE... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM MORNING CONVECTION IN OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ZONES THROUGH LATE MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE OUTFLOW AS EXPECTED. THE COLD FRONT HAS BEEN MAKING STEADY PROGRESS SOUTHWARD WITH SOME 4 MB/3 HR PRESSURE RISES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE ITS SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT BUT THE LEADING EDGE WILL MOST LIKELY MIX OUT DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND SLOW THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION. WE EXPECT A HOT DAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH DECENT PREFRONTAL WARMING DUE TO SOME ADIABATIC COMPRESSION FROM SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. HAVE DECIDED TO RAISE AFTERNOON HIGHS A FEW DEGREES IN MOST LOCATIONS. THEREFORE...WE EXPECT HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 101 ACROSS ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 420 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 2015/ THE NOCTURNAL MCS IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS IS NEARLY COINCIDENT WITH AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THE ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW MAY HELP TO ACCELERATE THE BOUNDARY THROUGH OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. WHILE THE MCS ITSELF IS UNLIKELY TO REACH NORTH TEXAS...IF THERE IS SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT ALONG SOUTHWARD-SURGING OUTFLOW...SOME ACTIVITY MAY SNEAK ACROSS THE RED RIVER BEFORE MIDDAY. THIS APPEARS UNLIKELY AS THE CROSS-BOUNDARY FLOW WEAKENS THIS MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS FOR THE FRONT TO SLOW AS THE AUGUST SUN WARMS THE SHALLOW POSTFRONTAL LAYER. STILL EXPECT THE BOUNDARY TO APPROACH THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATE IN THE DAY...WITH ATTENDANT SHOWER/STORM CHANCES. WITH WEAK 850MB FLOW ABOVE THE BOUNDARY AND MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE...THIS SHALLOW FRONT IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD CONVECTION...DESPITE CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY IN ADVANCE OF IT. SOME OF THE MESOSCALE GUIDANCE IS RATHER AGGRESSIVE WITH AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH IN THE WARM SECTOR...BUT THIS APPEARS UNLIKELY. THE FRONT SHOULD SLOWLY SLIP INTO OUR NORTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE WITH SHALLOW SUMMERTIME FRONTS...THERE IS LITTLE AGREEMENT AMONG GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE FRONTAL POSITION MONDAY. AS A RESULT...CONFIDENCE IS REMARKABLY LOW IN PLACEMENT OF 3RD PERIOD POPS. WILL MAINTAIN BROAD-BRUSHED SLIGHT CHANCES...BUT THE EVENTUAL AFTERNOON POSITION OF THE FRONT MAY NEED HIGHER POPS. ALTHOUGH THE BOUNDARY COULD CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A POTENTIAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION...CONSENSUS FAVORS INSURMOUNTABLE SUBSIDENCE. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY REMAIN A PLAYER ON TUESDAY...IF ONLY IN THE FORM OF A WEAK WIND SHIFT. IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY ERODE WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND BY WEDNESDAY...RE-STRENGTHENING RIDGING ALOFT SHOULD PRECLUDE THE MENTION OF RAIN CHANCES. WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST MID TO LATE WEEK...BUT WITH NORTH FLOW IN PLACE...UPSTREAM CONVECTION/IMPULSES WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. GFS MOS RETURNS TRIPLE DIGITS TO MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT WITH THE NORTHERLY FLOW... CHOSE TO SHAVE SEVERAL DEGREES OFF FOR OUR EXTENDED FORECAST. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 99 77 94 75 94 / 20 20 20 20 20 WACO, TX 100 76 98 76 98 / 5 5 20 20 30 PARIS, TX 95 72 89 70 90 / 30 30 20 20 20 DENTON, TX 97 72 92 72 93 / 20 20 20 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 97 73 92 72 93 / 30 20 20 20 20 DALLAS, TX 99 78 94 76 94 / 20 20 20 20 20 TERRELL, TX 98 75 94 73 93 / 20 20 20 20 20 CORSICANA, TX 99 76 96 75 95 / 10 10 20 20 30 TEMPLE, TX 99 75 98 75 98 / 5 5 20 10 30 MINERAL WELLS, TX 100 72 94 73 94 / 10 20 20 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 420 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241100- 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- 420 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 5-year-old autistic boy died inside a hot car in Burleson. The temperature outside at the time was around 99 degrees. A Heat Advisory was not in effect at the time.
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, Johnson | 2015-08-23 | 5 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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