Heat in Caddo, Louisiana
Heat May 15, 2018 · Caddo, Louisiana
What the National Weather Service wrote
Unseasonably hot temperatures settled in across Northwest Louisiana during May 15th, with the high temperature in Shreveport climbing to 91 degrees. This temperature was just 3 degrees shy of tying the record high temperature of 94 degrees set back in 1881.
A 6 month old girl died from heat stroke on May 15th after being left inside a hot car in in the 6700 block of Woolworth Road in Shreveport for about 6 hours, from around 11 am to 5 pm.
The wider storm
An upper level ridge of high pressure was anchored from South Texas across the Western Gulf of Mexico and across much of the Ark-La-Tex during May 15th. This resulted in much above normal temperatures areawide, with readings climbing into the lower 90s in the afternoon.
A 6 month old girl died from heat stroke on May 15th after being left inside a hot car for about 6 hours, from around 11 am to 5 pm in the 6700 block of Woolworth Road in Shreveport. The high temperature in Shreveport on May 15th was 91 degrees.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 747018. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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