Excessive Heat, Dunklin
- When
- June 29, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.106, -90.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat indices in excess of 110 degrees.
Moisture surged into the region while a strong upper ridge prevailed over the ArkLaTex region. Surface dewpoints climbed into the low to middle 70s while high temperatures rose into the lower to middle 90s resulting in high heat indices.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Moisture surged into the region while a strong upper ridge prevailed over the ArkLaTex region. Surface dewpoints climbed into the low to middle 70s while high temperatures rose into the lower to middle 90s resulting in high heat indices. The aforementioned upper ridge continued to intensify resulting in a couple of days of dangerous heat.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat indices in excess of 110 degrees.
Heat indices in excess of 110 degrees.
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