Excessive Heat — Limestone, Texas

2024-08-20 · Limestone, Texas

Event narrative

Temperatures reached or exceeded 105 and/or heat index values reached or exceeded 110 across much of the county on August 20 2024.

Wider weather episode

Some of the hottest weather of the season occurred as a mid and upper ridge dominated North and Central Texas during the middle to latter part of August. All of the forecast area reached Heat Advisory criteria, and a good portion of the region reached Excessive Heat Warning criteria more than once during this period.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1214679. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.