Excessive Heat — Will, Illinois

2009-06-22 to 2009-06-25 · Will, Illinois

Event narrative

A 32 year old male walked into a fitness center in Crete on the afternoon of June 23rd and was disoriented and appeared to have been working outside in the heat. He suffered a heat storke and was taken to the hospital, where he died two days later.

Wider weather episode

Temperatures climbed to near 90 on June 22nd and into the middle 90s on June 23rd, 24th and 25th with afternoon heat indices in the upper 90s. Overnight low temperatures ranged from the lower to middle 70s.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 185463. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.