A 2 year old girl died from severe hyperthermia after being left in a car in northeast Dallas on July 18. The following day, a Haltom City man died from heat stroke after working at a construction site in Melissa, TX.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A 2 year old girl died from severe hyperthermia after being left in a car in northeast Dallas on July 18. The following day, a Haltom City man died from heat stroke after working at a construction site in Melissa, TX.
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 Jul 18, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 235 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STILL DOMINATES OUR WEATHER PATTERN AND WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE OVER THE SOUTHERN CONUS THROUGH THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THIS WILL YIELD HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 90S TO NEAR THE CENTURY MARK ...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE 70S ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL. AS A RESULT OF THE HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND SEASONAL HUMIDITY VALUES...EXPECT AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TO RANGE FROM 98 TO 104 DEGREES THIS WEEK...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY SITS OVER THE ARK-LA-TEX REGION AND GUIDANCE SHOWS THE RIDGE SLOWLY RETROGRADING WESTWARD OVER TIME. MEDIUM RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO EVENTUALLY PUSH WEST OF OUR AREA INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST NEXT WEEKEND...WHICH COULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE HEAT BY ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP AT LEAST A FEW DEGREES. HOWEVER...THE TIMING OF THIS SLIGHT PATTERN SHIFT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE GIVEN THE EXTENDED NATURE...AND WOULD NOT RESULT IN MUCH CHANGE TO THE SENSIBLE WEATHER. FOR NOW...EXPECT SEASONAL SUMMER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL. AJS && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 103 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015/ /18Z TAFS/ STRONG UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS (AND WELL BEYOND)...ENSURING VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF SITES. A FEW CUMULUS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WACO AND DFW AREAS TODAY AND SUNDAY...BUT WON'T PRODUCE ANY RESTRICTIONS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY ENCROACH ON THE WACO AREA TONIGHT...CREATING THE SMALL POSSIBILITY OF STRATUS AT KACT IN THE 12-15Z TIMEFRAME. PROBABILITY OF THIS HAPPENING IS STILL TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE KACT TAF AT THIS TIME. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 10-15KTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 99 78 99 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 76 99 76 98 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 76 97 76 98 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 77 99 78 100 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 77 98 77 98 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 79 100 78 100 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 76 98 76 98 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 76 98 78 99 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 74 97 75 99 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 98 76 97 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 236 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191100- 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- 236 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE 100 TO 106 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE 100 TO 106 DEGREE RANGE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A young girl died after being left in a car during the late afternoon hours of July 18.
A Haltom City man died from heat stroke after working at a construction site in Melissa, TX.
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, Dallas | 2015-07-18 | 2 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Excessive Heat, Collin | 2015-07-19 | 25 | Male | Heavy Equipment/Construction | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 592930, 592931.