Excessive Heat in Dallas, Texas

Excessive Heat July 20, 2012 · Dallas, Texas

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A three-year-old boy was found inside a day care van during the afternoon hours and died shortly later. The child was left inside the van for at least two hours, and temperatures at the time were near 106 degrees. This occurred at the intersection of Buckner Boulevard and Cordell Drive. The medical examiner determined the cause of death to be heat/hyperthermia.

The wider storm

A three-year-old boy was found inside a day care van during the afternoon hours and died shorty later. The child was left inside the van for at least two hours, and temperatures at the time were near 106 degrees. This occurred at the intersection of Buckner Boulevard and Cordell Drive.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 403086. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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