Heat in Muscogee, Georgia

Heat August 5, 2016 · Muscogee, Georgia

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Local newspapers report that a 31 year old man died due to hyperthermia in an automobile in Columbus. Temperatures reached into the middle 90s during the afternoon and the man was found in the front seat of his car with all of the windows rolled up.

The wider storm

Very hot and humid conditions persisted throughout the month of August.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 654517. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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