Texas, 2015

Heat in Texas, June 7, 2015

June 7, 2015 · NWS FWD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An elderly man passed away in Jack County after suffering heat stroke and dehydration.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.

An elderly man passed away in Jack County after suffering heat stroke and dehydration.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 7, 5:30 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 5:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

.AVIATION...
VFR ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
DAYTIME CU AND SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS. A SOUTH WIND WILL PREVAIL
BETWEEN 7 AND 12 KNOTS ALONG WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015/
IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER SUNNY...HOT AND HUMID DAY ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS WITH ONLY A FEW HIGH CLOUDS SPILLING IN FROM THE
WEST. TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S AT MOST
LOCATIONS WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER
20 MPH.

THE UPPER RIDGE THAT HAS KEPT US WARM AND DRY FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS WILL START TO FLATTEN OUT TONIGHT AS A SHORTWAVE
MOVES DOWN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY. AS THIS OCCURS..NORTHERN 2/3S OF THE FORECAST. HAVE
LOWERED THE POPS A LITTLE FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT FORECAST...WITH ONLY 20 PERCENT POPS MENTIONED ACROSS THE
EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY. AN TEXAS WILL COME
INTO MORE OF A NORTHWESTERN FLOW MONDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING FOR SOME
LOW RAIN CHANCES PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES MONDAY
NIGHT. HAVE JUST KEPT 20 PERCENT POPS ACROSS AREAS EAST OF THE
I-35 CORRIDOR ON TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH NOT MENTIONED IN THE WORDED
FORECAST...HAVE KEPT SOME 10 PERCENT POPS ACROSS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE SOME 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN 2/3S OF THE FORECAST.
HAVE LOWERED THE POPS A LITTLE FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT FORECAST...WITH ONLY 20 PERCENT POPS MENTIONED
ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY. AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FROM THE WEST AND ANOTHER UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WORKING ITS WEST WESTWARD FROM THE GULF WILL RESULT
IN INCREASED CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  73  92  73  92  74 /   0   5  10  10  20
WACO, TX              69  93  69  92  71 /   0   5   5  10  20
PARIS, TX             70  91  71  89  71 /   0  10  20  20  20
DENTON, TX            69  92  69  92  69 /   0   5  10  10  20
MCKINNEY, TX          71  91  69  91  69 /   0   5  10  10  20
DALLAS, TX            76  93  75  93  76 /   0   5  10  10  20
TERRELL, TX           71  91  71  91  70 /   0   5  10  20  20
CORSICANA, TX         72  92  71  91  71 /   0   5  10  20  20
TEMPLE, TX            68  91  68  91  70 /   0   0   5  10  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     69  93  67  92  69 /   0   5  10  10  10

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

79/30
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:43 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
343 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081200-
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-
343 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MUCH OF THE TRINITY THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Jack

When
June 7, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Jack forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
33.234, -98.172 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An elderly man passed away in Jacksboro after suffering heat stroke and dehydration.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Heat, Jack2015-06-0782MaleUnknownDirect

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 588577.