A four month old boy died after being left in a car during the early afternoon hours of September 8th. The temperature was around 90 degrees with heat index value around 100 degrees.
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A four month old boy died after being left in a car during the early afternoon hours of September 8th. The temperature was around 90 degrees with heat index value around 100 degrees.
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 11:38 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1238 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2015 .DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR 18Z AVIATION. && .AVIATION...VFR TO PREVAIL THIS AFTN ACROSS S TX WITH ISO/SCT CONVECTION BEING PRIMARY THREAT TO AVIATION INTERESTS. SCT CU FIELD TO DVLP FURTHER INLAND ACROSS S TX THIS AFTN WITH CIGS AT VFR LEVELS. ISO/SCT SHRA AND/OR ISO TSRA MAY IMPACT KCRP/KVCT EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD AND WILL CARRY VCSH IN TAFS. CONVECTION WILL DISSPT QUICKLY BY LATE AFTN WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES XPCTD AT ALL TERMINALS DRNG THE EVENING. BY LATE TONIGHT...AREAS OF STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG XPCTD ACROSS KLRD/KALI AND POSSIBLY KVCT...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS /BRIEF IFR/ LIKELY. KCRP CURRENTLY XPCTD TO REMAIN VFR TONIGHT. CU FIELD REDVLPS WED MRNG ACROSS EASTERN TERMINALS WITH SCT SHRA REDVLPNG...WITH BEST CHANCES VCNTY KVCT AND POSSIBLY KCRP. SSERLY SFC WIND AROUND 10 KTS BECMG SERLY AROUND 15 KNOTS AFTER SEABREEZE PASSAGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 77 93 78 92 78 / 10 40 20 40 30 VICTORIA 75 92 75 90 75 / 10 40 30 60 50 LAREDO 79 100 78 98 78 / 10 20 20 30 30 ALICE 75 96 75 95 75 / 10 30 20 40 20 ROCKPORT 79 89 80 89 79 / 20 40 30 60 50 COTULLA 78 99 76 97 76 / 10 20 20 30 30 KINGSVILLE 77 95 77 94 76 / 10 40 20 40 30 NAVY CORPUS 79 89 80 89 80 / 20 40 30 40 40 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && RH/79...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1239 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2015 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-091745- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1239 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE GULF WATERS...BRUSH COUNTRY...AND COASTAL PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...THEN BECOMING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SATURDAY. SOME STORMS DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND BECOME STRONG AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A four month old boy died after being left in a car during the early afternoon hours of September 8th. The temperature was around 90 degrees with heat index value around 100 degrees.
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, Nueces | 2015-09-08 | 0 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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