A two-year old boy died after being left in a hot car on Sunday afternoon July 24 in East Dallas.
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A two-year old boy died after being left in a hot car on Sunday afternoon July 24 in East Dallas.
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 24, 11:55 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1255 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 .AVIATION... VFR conditions are anticipated through the TAF period, but the potential for thunderstorms impacting all sites will increase on Monday afternoon. In addition, surface winds are expected to back to an easterly or east-southeasterly direction tomorrow afternoon but--outside of thunderstorms--should remain under 10 kts. For the remainder of today, it appears as if subsidence on the fringes of the upper-high should keep convection just to the east of the TAF sites this afternoon and evening. That said, we will need to monitor for any westward-surging outflow, which could impact the Metroplex sites later this evening (after about 03Z) with brief gusty east winds for an hour or two. This potential is too low to include in the 18Z TAFs, however. An upper-level disturbance will track into the region on Monday, and bring an increasing threat for showers and thunderstorms to the area. For this TAF issuance, opted to insert VCTS after 17Z at all airports as this appears to be around the time convective inhibition will erode. Any thunderstorms in this increasingly moist environment will be capable of producing brief heavy rainfall and erratic downburst winds. Carlaw && .UPDATE... Showers and storms are still expected to pop up over eastern zones this afternoon as the easterly wave over Louisiana approaches. The main adjustments to this update will be to add POPs in the northeast for the overnight hours based on multiple hi-res solutions picking up on nocturnal redevelopment in this region in the vicinity of the approaching disturbance. Otherwise, another day of triple digit high temperatures in many locations is expected today, before a slight cool-down and better rain chances arrive tomorrow. 30 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 420 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016/ As is often the case in the summer, weak, subtle forcing mechanisms are going to play a significant role in generating clouds and precipitation - and modulating temperatures - over North Central Texas during the next several days. Exactly WHICH features trigger thunderstorms WHERE and WHEN remains problematic, and as a result confidence in the overall precipitation forecast is NOT great at the present time. Our long-lived upper level ridge - stretching from OK to Southern CA - will provide one more day of hot temperatures across North and Central Texas. Starting Monday and continuing on through most of next week, our region will be influenced by multiple weak shortwaves, and by a persistent weakness in the mid-level flow pattern. The net result will be cooler daytime highs and a chance of rain over much of the area. Unfortunately, while we could see some isolated higher amounts Monday, I'd caution everybody not to get too giddy over the prospect of a widespread heavy rain event this week. For today, as mentioned, subsidence associated with the lingering upper ridge will once again facilitate afternoon temperatures between 98 and 102 degrees. Coupled with dewpoints in the upper 60s and lower 70s, areas from Sherman, Dallas and Corsicana eastward will see heat indices climb into the 105-108 range. Seriously considered issuing a Heat Advisory for this afternoon. However, given the fact this is the last day we'll see indices this high for a while, coupled with the brief period above criteria, decided to forego an issuance. We still need to stress the importance of heat illness prevention across all of North Central Texas, however. Otherwise, have continued with a small PoP this afternoon in our eastern counties, where another round of spotty showers and thunderstorms may occur after 4 pm today. More substantial changes occur on Monday, as the weak upper level vorticity center currently south of Memphis slides westward to near Tyler. Moisture levels really increase from west to east Monday afternoon, with PW values exceeding 2 inches east of I-35. The combination of subtle yet effective lift provided by the shortwave, coupled with copious moisture and instability should yield at least scattered showers and thunderstorms by late Monday afternoon - particularly east of Interstate 35. Was tempted to go significantly higher than MOS guidance on PoPs Monday, given the degree of moisture and instability, but the lack of any organized surface forcing may preclude the more widespread activity being implied by the GFS and ECMWF. As noted in previous discussions, the high PWs and weak steering winds may lead to some localized flash flooding with any strong cells that do form Monday. The models clearly peg Monday as the relatively "big" day for precipitation chances, due to the arrival of the first shortwave from the east. However, both the ECMWF and GFS advertise a second wave moving into Texas from the Lower Mississippi Valley Tuesday and/or Wednesday. At the very least, our region will remain under the influence of an inverted trough during the mid week, and this would bode well for continued scattered thunderstorm chances, particularly across our Central Texas counties. Held onto small PoPs from I-20 northward both days, but areas from Lampasas to Palestine will enjoy the best shot at rainfall Tuesday/Wednesday. The picture really starts to get fuzzy from Thursday into the weekend. While some weakness persists across North Central Texas through Friday, the upper ridge to our west will begin to rebuild eastward, while a pronounced shortwave drops through the Central Plains. By comparison with earlier in the week, our overall rain chances will diminish from Thursday onward through Sunday. However, with our Red River counties remaining on the southern fringe of a northwesterly flow regime over the Central U.S., we'll need to hang onto small PoPs in these areas into the weekend. Clouds and scattered thunderstorms will temper our daytime highs through Wednesday. However, as our PoPs fade and subsidence re- asserts itself over the area, afternoon readings will climb back to season norms by next Friday-Saturday. Bradshaw && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 101 81 96 79 95 / 10 10 50 20 30 Waco 101 78 96 76 93 / 10 10 50 30 40 Paris 99 76 93 75 94 / 20 30 50 20 20 Denton 100 78 95 75 94 / 10 10 40 20 30 McKinney 99 78 94 76 93 / 10 20 50 20 20 Dallas 101 80 95 79 94 / 10 10 50 20 30 Terrell 98 77 93 76 93 / 20 20 50 20 30 Corsicana 98 78 94 76 93 / 20 20 60 20 30 Temple 100 77 96 75 93 / 10 10 40 30 50 Mineral Wells 101 75 96 74 93 / 5 5 30 20 30 && .FWD Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 90/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1046 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251215- 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- 1046 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO TERRELL TO HEARNE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO ATHENS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOISTURE SPREADS INTO NORTH TEXAS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW RAIN AND STORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY MID TO LATE WEEK STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A two year old boy died after being left inside a hot car outside a church in East Dallas on the afternoon of Sunday, July 24.
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, Dallas | 2016-07-24 | 2 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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