Excessive Heat in Jefferson, Kentucky
Excessive Heat May 21, 2011 · Jefferson, Kentucky
What the National Weather Service wrote
A two year old child was found unresponsive in a hot car. It is unclear how long the child had been in the car. The coroner ruled the child died from overheating. The peak temperature during the afternoon was 87.
The wider storm
The temperatures reached into the mid 80s during the afternoon of May 21 with a high temperature of 87. A child left in a car for an unknown number of hours died from the heat.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 317168. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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