Heat in Lee, Mississippi

Heat July 20, 2008 · Lee, Mississippi

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

The temperature reached 99 degrees during the afternoon of July 20th, 2008. The temperature combined with high humidity produced heat index values near 105 degrees. One person died from heat-related causes.

The wider storm

A heat wave produced temperatures near or above 100 degrees during the late part of July. Those temperatures combined with high humidity produced heat index values of over 100 degrees during this time frame as well.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 133850. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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