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Heat in Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys, Arizona
Heat July 11, 2022 · Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys, Arizona
What the National Weather Service wrote
Hot high temperatures around 100 degrees, or 5 degrees above normal, occurred on July 11, causing the Moderate Heat Risk category to be reached. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for one individual found in the desert north of Nogales.
The wider storm
Very hot temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal were experienced across the western deserts of southeast Arizona on July 10 and 11. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for one individual found in outdoors in Ajo on the 10th and for four individuals found the desert on the 11th: two on the Tohono O'odham Nation; one in east central Pima County; and one in Santa Cruz County.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1050403. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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