Excessive Heat in Shelby, Tennessee

Excessive Heat August 7, 2011 · Shelby, Tennessee

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heat indices reached between 110 and 120 degrees. Two deaths occurred as a result.

The wider storm

A strong upper ridge of high pressure moved over the Mid-South during the beginning of August. As a result...very hot temperatures with readings near 100 degrees combined with humid conditions to produce dangerous heat indices between 110 to 120 degrees. Three deaths occurred as a result.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 341731. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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