A four month old boy died after being left in a car on a hot day in Austin. The temperature at the time was 97 degrees and the heat index was 104.
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A four month old boy died after being left in a car on a hot day in Austin. The temperature at the time was 97 degrees and the heat index was 104.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 1:57 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 257 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... DRY AND HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES AND WHETHER THESE VALUES WILL REACH ADVISORY LEVELS. FOR NOW...THE MODELS HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT WITH TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUE TO SHOW SHALLOW MOISTURE MIXING OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BASED ON THE LATEST DATA...SUSPECT A HEAT ADVISORY WILL NOT BE NEEDED FOR FRIDAY. WE DO EXPECT A FEW SITES MAY BRIEFLY REACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE...WE/LL OPT TO CONTINUE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE HEAT CONTINUES FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS REMAINS THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE ACROSS THE REGION. WE EXPECT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING STEADY OR INCREASING A DEGREE OR TWO...IT APPEARS A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY. MOISTURE LEVELS MAY DECREASE SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE. WE COULD BE VERY CLOSE TO HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SHIFTS WEST INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL EASE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BUT WILL NOT BRING ANY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. WE/LL CONTINUE TO MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF FREDERICKSBURG TO PLEASANTON LINE. THE BOUNDARY WEAKENS ON THURSDAY AND AT THIS TIME...SEE NO REASON TO MENTION ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION. AS FOR TEMPERATURES FOR THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PORTION OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...WITH NO APPRECIABLE CHANGE IN THE AIR MASS...ABOVE NORMAL WARMTH WILL CONTINUE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 77 101 77 103 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 100 75 102 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 75 101 76 103 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 76 101 75 102 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 79 103 80 104 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 77 101 76 102 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 75 100 75 102 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 76 100 76 102 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 77 100 78 102 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 78 100 77 102 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 77 101 77 103 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...HAMPSHIRE SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...24 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 329 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015 TXZ171>173-183-191>194-202>209-217>225-228-070830- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY- UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK- ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 329 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 102 TO 104 IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND RANGING UP TO 111 DEGREES IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS IN THE COASTAL PLAINS COULD SEE INDICES REACHING 108 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IF HEAT INDICES RISE HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND HEAT INDICES CONTINUING TO BE EVEN HIGHER. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK AS CONDITIONS DO NOT LOOK TO CHANGE MUCH OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TXZ184>190-070830- EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- 329 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND HEAT INDICES EVEN HIGHER. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TB3
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1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A four month old boy died after being left in a car on a hot day in Austin. The temperature at the time was 97 degrees and the heat index was 104.
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, Travis | 2015-08-06 | 0 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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