Excessive Heat in Crawford, Illinois
Excessive Heat July 23, 2011 – July 24, 2011 · Crawford, Illinois
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 49 year-old man died on July 24th in a Warrick County, Indiana hospital as a result of dehydration caused by prolonged exposure to excessive heat. The man had been mowing fields and installing fences in rural Crawford County, Illinois on July 23rd before traveling to an Evansville, Indiana hotel. He went into cardiac arrest and died due to heat illness suffered during his day of work in Crawford County.
The wider storm
A large upper-level ridge of high pressure brought oppressively hot and humid conditions to central Illinois from July 17th through July 24th. Afternoon high temperatures reached the middle to upper 90s, while heat index readings climbed into the 105 to 115 degree range. Two people died as a result of the extreme heat.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 333453. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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