Multiple days of temperatures climbing into the upper 90s with heat indices around 105 led to heat related illnesses and the first heat related death of the year in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Multiple days of temperatures climbing into the upper 90s with heat indices around 105 led to heat related illnesses and the first heat related death of the year in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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 14, 7:43 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 843 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 .UPDATE... The overnight MCS originating in the Texas Panhandle weakened as it entered North Texas where a more stable airmass was in place across the region. The outflow boundary has pushed southward into the heart of the CWA with no signs of any new convection developing along it. There remains some elevated moisture and instability aloft, and with some forcing from a shortwave trough tracking across the Plains, it's possible a few elevated showers or storms may affect the northern zones today. For the update have lowered PoPs over the region through mid-afternoon, keeping just a mention of low chances over the northern and northwestern zones. We will have to watch for additional convective development late this afternoon and evening over the western and northwestern zones. Will retain the low chances of storms there for now, but may need to increase these based on trends and incoming model data. TR.92 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 644 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016/ A broad swath of MVFR cigs has overspread much of the area from the south this morning and is encroaching on the Metroplex TAF sites as of 1130z. In addition, earlier convection to the northwest of DFW sent an outflow boundary through the metroplex which may cause a couple hours of northwest winds at Metroplex airports this morning. Otherwise, some reduced visibilities associated with low MVFR cigs are possible through the next few hours. Waco's winds will remain unaffected out of the south this morning. Expect improvement to VFR conditions by late morning at all sites with winds increasing to around 15 mph out of the south. There is a low potential for isolated thunderstorms to redevelop well west of TAF sites late afternoon and evening but this activity is not expected to have any direct impact on TAF sites, should it even materialize. MVFR cigs are likely once again on Wednesday morning around 11z at the Metroplex sites and a few hours earlier at Waco. -Stalley && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016/ The weak upper level disturbance responsible for the past couple of days of heavy rain has shifted east and is currently generating convection across Arkansas and Louisiana. Our focus has now shifted to an upstream system now kicking off multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the Plains. This feature is a pronounced shortwave trough now rotating around the southeast periphery of a larger scale upper level low over the Pacific Northwest. A national lightning map shows clusters of convection extending from Nebraska to Oklahoma, all likely associated with strong lift generated by the shortwave. One storm cluster which organized into a linear MCS overnight is knocking on the door of our northwestern counties early this morning. Moist and unstable air remain in place across north and Central Texas, so despite the slightly veered 850MB flow, this complex should be able to persist into the mid and late morning hours as it moves across the northern third of the region. There is potential for the system to weaken around daybreak as the 30KT low level jet begins to mix out, but this would be around the time that the southwest flank of the convective complex would be moving into the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex. Hence, we have extended 30 POPs south to the I-20 corridor this morning, keeping higher POPs along the Red River and including slight chance POPs south of I-20. Weak upper level flow and the lack of any appreciable bulk shear will limit the potential for severe storms, but due to the abundance of moisture and instability, a few strong and possibly even an isolated severe storm cannot be ruled out. Activity will most likely begin to weaken during the mid morning hours, but additional development will be possible across the northeast portions of the area with the gust front providing focus for development. This activity would likely be more isolated in nature so we have kept pops in the 20 to 30 percent range for the afternoon. The focus then shifts to the oppressive conditions as temperatures climb into the 90s this afternoon. Surface dewpoints will remain in the 70s, which will send heat indices into triple digits during the next several afternoons. We will hold off on issuing a heat advisory for today, with the thought that early convection and associated cloud cover will likely keep conditions below criteria. For the rest of the week, an amplifying ridge overhead, limited cloud cover and little to no additional rain chances will require a close look at areas which could become susceptible to heat advisory conditions each afternoon. The upper ridge begins to flatten this weekend as zonal flow develops across the CONUS. Mid range model data indicates that an easterly wave will propagate around the base of the flattened ridge, bringing a chance of showers and storms to the southern half of the region as it crosses Central TX on Sunday. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 93 77 94 77 96 / 10 10 5 0 0 Waco 93 76 94 76 95 / 10 10 0 0 0 Paris 90 75 91 74 93 / 30 10 5 5 0 Denton 93 76 93 75 95 / 20 20 5 0 0 McKinney 91 76 92 75 94 / 20 10 5 0 0 Dallas 93 77 94 77 96 / 10 10 5 0 0 Terrell 91 76 92 76 93 / 10 10 5 0 0 Corsicana 91 76 92 74 93 / 10 10 5 5 0 Temple 93 76 94 75 94 / 5 10 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 94 75 95 73 96 / 20 20 5 0 0 && .FWD Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 939 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151200- 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- 939 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING GENERALLY ALONG THE RED RIVER. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THESE STORMS WILL ORGANIZE INTO A STORM COMPLEX THAT WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO GLEN ROSE TO COMANCHE THROUGH THIS EVENING. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. IN ADDITION...HIGH HUMIDITY AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF UP TO 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON SUNDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WEST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO GLEN ROSE TO COMANCHE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A six-month old girl died after being left in a hot car in Melissa, TX.
A Mesquite emergency dispatcher was able to use new location technology to help save the life of a 14 year old boy who called and could not be verbally understood due to heat complications. The boy was treated and released from the hospital.
One person died due to heat related complications, according to the Dallas County medical examiner's office. This was the first heat-related death of the year in Dallas County.
Seven people were treated for heat exhaustion outside of Gilley's in Dallas shortly after the Donald Trump rally. One person had to be transported for treatment.
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, Collin | 2016-06-14 | 0 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Heat, Dallas | 2016-06-16 | Unknown | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2016
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: 646562, 646559, 646560, 646561.