Heat in Travis, Texas

Heat August 9, 2011 · Travis, Texas

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

The August 2011 heat wave continued on the 9th. A man died along County Line Road in Elgin due to hyperthermia. The high temperature at Austin Bergstrom International Airport reached 103 degrees and the heat index topped out at 109. This was the 11th consecutive day the temperature reached 100 degrees.

The wider storm

Persistent high pressure over South Central Texas led to record high temperatures during an August heat wave.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 339573. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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