Heat in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Heat June 21, 2011 · Pittsylvania, Virginia

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

One female adult, one female toddler, and one male infant were found passed out in an enclosed car in Danville on a day when the heat index reached the middle 90s. All passengers were taken to hospitals. The two females survived but the male infant died four days later.

The wider storm

One female adult, one female toddler, and one male infant were found passed out in an enclosed car in Danville on a day when the temperature reached the middle 90s. All passengers were taken to hospitals. The two females survived but the male infant died four days later.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 326026. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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