Excessive Heat in Mississippi, August 11 to 12, 2023

Name: Excessive Heat in Mississippi, August 11 to 12, 2023
Start: 2023-08-11T11:00
End: 2023-08-12T18:00
Location: Mississippi

August 11 to 12, 2023 · NWS JAN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

In the midst of a prolonged heat wave affecting the region, dangerous heat and humidity caused a fatality in southeast Mississippi on August 11th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 2
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.

In the midst of a prolonged heat wave affecting the region, dangerous heat and humidity caused a fatality in southeast Mississippi on August 11th.

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Event by event

1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Forrest

When: August 11, 11:00 AM CST to August 12, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Forrest forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 31.189, -89.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

On August 11th, a soldier training at Camp Shelby died from heat exposure after a 2 mile run. Another soldier was injured from the heat on August 12th. The ASOS site KHBG at Hattiesburg - Bobby Chain Airport measured a maximum temperature of 104 degrees on the 11th and 105 degrees on the 12th. Peak heat index values were near 110 degrees on both days.

The people who died

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
Excessive Heat, Forrest	2023-08-11	38	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, August 2023

Sources

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1162704.