A 7 month old baby girl died of heat exhaustion after being accidentally left in a car at the Eagle Pass High School. The father is a teacher at the high school and forgot to drop the baby off at day care.
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A 7 month old baby girl died of heat exhaustion after being accidentally left in a car at the Eagle Pass High School. The father is a teacher at the high school and forgot to drop the baby off at day care. High temperatures in Eagle Pass that day were near 100 degrees.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 16, 1:48 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 248 PM CDT Wed May 16 2018 .SHORT TERM (Tonight through Thursday Night)... The focus of the immediate short term is out west where a dry line is mixing eastward and interacting with remnant outflow from this morning's convection in the Panhandle. While upper level dynamical support is lacking for organization, an uncapped atmosphere, strong mid level lapse rates, and 2000+ j/kg of MUCAPE should be enough to potentially develop some isolated strong to severe storms along the dry line. Already this afternoon, CI is taking place over the Mexican mountains and along the dry line in southern Pecos county. Most CAMs produce this convection between 21-22z and push it southeast with the steering flow into the Edwards Plateau. As you move southeast, forecast soundings become more dry in the low levels with more of an inverted V set up, so would not be surprised to see this convection produce more outflow that carries the cells into the Plateau and Hill Country. As more dry air entrains into the storms and they gust out, they should dissipate before reaching the I-35 corridor, if they even make it into the CWA. However, with the high instability and mid level lapse rates, these cells will be capable of large hail and damaging winds. Have included low end chance PoPs for the northwest zones, encapsulating the current marginal risk area by SPC and included potential severe wording as well. This activity should be mostly over with by midnight as indicated in the hi-res guidance and due to the loss of heating. Thursday is expected to be quite dry and hot, with highs in the 90s for much of South Central Texas and triple digits for the Rio Grande Plains. The hot and dry conditions will likely lead to elevated to near critical fire weather concerns, especially for the hottest areas along the Rio Grande. && .LONG TERM (Friday through Wednesday)... Another hot and dry day expected Friday as the upper ridge axis builds overtop the region. A weak low over the Rockies will do enough to weaken the ridge and shift it eastward over the weekend. This will bring weak southwest flow to the region late in the weekend and into early next week. Sunday may be the next best shot at rain chances for the area as weak shortwaves pass over the area but this is quite weak and shouldn't result in much more than isolated strong storms in the afternoon. Otherwise, a dirty high type set up looks to be in place for much of the week as low chances for afternoon showers and storms will be possible under the broad ridging influencing the region. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 70 95 69 94 72 / 10 0 0 0 - Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 67 94 68 94 71 / 10 0 0 0 10 New Braunfels Muni Airport 67 94 68 94 71 / 10 0 0 0 10 Burnet Muni Airport 68 94 67 93 70 / 20 0 0 0 0 Del Rio Intl Airport 72 101 72 99 72 / 20 0 0 - 10 Georgetown Muni Airport 69 94 68 93 71 / 10 0 0 0 - Hondo Muni Airport 66 96 67 96 70 / 10 0 0 0 0 San Marcos Muni Airport 67 94 68 94 71 / 10 0 0 0 10 La Grange - Fayette Regional 68 94 70 94 72 / 10 0 0 0 0 San Antonio Intl Airport 69 96 70 95 72 / 10 0 0 0 10 Stinson Muni Airport 69 97 69 96 72 / 10 0 0 0 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Mesoscale/Aviation...10 Synoptic/Grids...TB3
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 201 PM CDT Wed May 16 2018 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-171915- 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- 201 PM CDT Wed May 16 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon And Tonight. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and this evening, mainly northwest of a line from Del Rio to Fredericksburg to Burnet. Primary threats are large hail and damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Friday afternoon, elevated to near critical fire weather conditions could develop along the Rio Grande as breezy south winds combine with low relative humidities. Otherwise, no hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
337 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2018
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..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG BLANCO 30.10N 98.43W
05/15/2018 BLANCO TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF TREE DAMAGE ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THE CITY OF BLANCO.
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AATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
353 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG BLANCO 30.10N 98.43W
05/15/2018 BLANCO TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF TREE DAMAGE ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THE CITY OF BLANCO. TIME CORRECTED
FROM PREVIOUS LSR.
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AATThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 7 month old baby girl died of heat exhaustion after being accidentally left in a car at the Eagle Pass High School. The father is a teacher at the high school and forgot to drop the baby off at day care. High temperatures in Eagle Pass that day were near 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, Maverick | 2018-05-16 | 1 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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