Reported from local CBS media: A 50-year-old Kansas woman was found dead in Palo Duro Canyon Friday afternoon. The Randall County Sheriff's Office said she had become separated from her family who were all hiking in the area.
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Reported from local CBS media: A 50-year-old Kansas woman was found dead in Palo Duro Canyon Friday afternoon. The Randall County Sheriff's Office said she had become separated from her family who were all hiking in the area. She was later found dead off the Lighthouse Trail. Authorities said the temperature was in the low 100s on Friday and she died of possible heat exhaustion.
According to local Palo Duro Canyon State Park Floor Mesonet observation site, the max temperatures on the 25th reached 107 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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 11:50 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1250 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .AVIATION... VFR through the period. No Aviation concerns. Wind directions are a challenge, however speeds will be less than 12 knots. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 620 AM CDT Fri May 25 2018/ AVIATION... VFR conditions are expected throughout the 12Z TAF period. Any chances of thunderstorms should remain east of all TAF sites. Winds will be out of the southwest throughout the day 10-15 kts with gusts over 20 kts at times, especially at KAMA. Winds after 00Z through to the end of the TAF period will diminish to southeasterly at 5-15 kts, then light and variable toward the end of the TAF period as high pressure moves closer to our region bringing tranquil conditions. Meccariello PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 225 AM CDT Fri May 25 2018/ DISCUSSION... An upper level ridge axis will be found just west of the Panhandles today and tonight. The northwest flow aloft will help to bring a weak short wave southeast across the eastern Texas Panhandle this afternoon. This wave will combine with a surface trough and low level moisture in the eastern Texas Panhandle to bring a small chance of showers and thunderstorms to this area this afternoon. Any showers or thunderstorms should move off to the southeast by this evening. The upper level ridge axis builds more across the Panhandles on Saturday, which should make our forecast dry with above normal temperatures. The ridge axis shifts off to the east by Monday and then the ridge starts to break down by mid week. This will allow a better chance of showers and thunderstorms as weak disturbances move across the region in the southwest to zonal flow aloft ahead and on the south side of a lifting upper level trough over the western U.S. The ridge starts to build back across the Southern High Plains by late in the week, so temperatures again should soar well above average and shower and thunderstorm chances will diminish. && .AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... TX...None. OK...None. && MJG
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 311 AM CDT Fri May 25 2018 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-252015- Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb- Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson- Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- Palo Duro Canyon- 311 AM CDT Fri May 25 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible across the eastern Panhandles through this afternoon. A storm may become strong to marginally severe with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms will be possible across parts of the Panhandles Sunday through Wednesday. Some of the storms may become strong to severe with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Local Media reported A 50-year-old Kansas woman was found dead in Palo Duro Canyon Friday afternoon likely due to heat exhaustion.
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, Palo Doro Canyon | 2018-05-25 | 50 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
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