Heat — Polk, Iowa

2016-06-11 · Polk, Iowa

Event narrative

A 6 month old boy was left in an attended vehicle outside a business while the father was inside the business. The high at KDSM was 91 degrees that afternoon with the highest heat index of 97.

Wider weather episode

A sagging cold front in central and southern Minnesota initiated a number of storms on the afternoon of the 10th. While the boundary did not continue its march southward into Iowa, the storms continued to progress southeastward, eventually entering Iowa. As a result, the storms produced heavy rainfall along with a handful of hail and wind reports. On the afternoon of the 11th, the cold front sagged down into northern Iowa and initiated a couple of storms that produced an instance of damaging winds. In addition to the storms, a death of an infant occurred from the heat by being left in an unattended vehicle on the afternoon of the 11th in Polk County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 635541. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.