A homeless man died as an indirect result of the summer heat.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A homeless man died as an indirect result of the summer heat.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 1:49 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 249 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2015 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... HIGH HEAT INDICES WILL THREATEN TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE UPPER RIDGE ANCHORED OVER TX HAS ALSO LIMITED CLOUD OVER OVER THE GULF FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. SATELLITE LOOPS FROM THE SPORT WEBSITE SHOWS A STEADILY INCREASING SURFACE TEMPERATURE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND THE LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW IS TRANSLATING TO HIGHER PWAT VALUES OVER THE COASTAL PRAIRIES. WILL HANDLE WITH AN SPS FOR NOW AS MIXING OF DRIER MID- LEVEL AIR HAS THUS FAR BEEN ABLE TO LOWER AFTERNOON RH VALUES OVER OUR INLAND COUNTIES. CLOSER TO THE COAST...A FEW MIDDAY HI READINGS NEAR 110 WERE SEEN OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND THE UPPER COAST. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INCHING UPWARDS AS WELL...BUT TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS OVER CLIMATE METRO AREAS MAY HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MORE DAYS. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... HIGH PRESSURES ARE EXPECTED TO LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT NOT FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO DESTABILIZE LOWER LEVELS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PWAT VALUES OF 1.8 OR MORE OVER THE COASTAL PRAIRIES. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND... AS ONSHORE FLOW DEEPENS THE MOIST LAYER...MAKING IT TOUGHER FOR AFTERNOON MIXING TO LOWER SURFACE RH VALUES. FOR NOW WILL REFRESH THE SPS AND HWO COVER THE HEAT. BY MONDAY THE UPPER HIGH IS EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED OVER NW TX INTO NM...ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHTLY DEEPER LAYER OF MOISTURE INTO THE MID LEVELS TO REACH THE I-35 CORRIDOR. MODELS DO NOT GENERATE ANY PRECIPITATION FROM THE PATTERN OVER 3-7 DAY FORECAST...BUT THE INFLUX OF HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A FEW HIGH BASED STORMS AS EARLY AS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 76 98 76 100 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 97 75 98 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 76 97 75 98 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 75 97 74 97 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 79 102 78 102 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 76 98 75 97 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 75 99 75 98 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 76 96 75 97 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 76 97 77 97 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 76 97 76 98 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 77 99 76 99 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...05 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...OAKS PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 256 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-232000- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 256 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW SPOTS EAST OF I-35 MAY BRIEFLY HAVE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 107 THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 MORE WIDESPREAD. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 112 ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MAINLY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. OTHERWISE....NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 302 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-222215- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 302 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2015 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER TEXAS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SPOTS EAST OF I-35 AND OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TO BRIEFLY REACH HEAT INDICES OF 102 TO 108 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS STRONG FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND...WHILE SLIGHTLY INCREASED MOISTURE OVER TEXAS LEADS TO INCREASING AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO GEORGETOWN LINE. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES FOR INTO THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING...AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE HEAT. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE INTERIORS OF VEHICLE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department reported the death of a homeless man in his early 50s. Underlying heath issues and the summer heat were the cause of his death and is being listed as an indirect death. He was found under a bridge at the 1100 block of airport road.
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 | 2015-07-22 | 50 | Male | Other | Indirect |
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