Heat — Guadalupe, Texas

2010-06-04 · Guadalupe, Texas

Event narrative

A three year old boy was found dead in a family vehicle in the Sand Hills area of Guadalupe County. The high temperature was around 90 degrees and the heat index was between 95 and 97.

Wider weather episode

A 500mb ridge of high pressure was building over Texas after a mesoscale convective system had produced widespread rain across South Central Texas. This caused the low level winds to turn around to the southeast and brought a warm, moist air mass over the region. High temperatures climbed to near 90 and the dew point temperatures near 70 resulting in heat indices in the middle 90s.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 240893. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.