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Heat in Burke, North Carolina
Heat August 8, 2001 · Burke, North Carolina
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Death
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 19-year old playing basketball in a non air-conditioned gymnasium collapsed from heat. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in Morganton.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5266769. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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