Excessive Heat in Morgan, Illinois
Excessive Heat July 20, 2011 · Morgan, Illinois
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 75 year-old woman was found dead in her home in Chapin on July 22nd. She had no air conditioning and the temperature inside her house had reached 100 degrees. A coroner's report indicated that she had been dead for about 2 days before being found.
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 333454. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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