Heat in Palo Doro Canyon, Texas

Heat May 25, 2018 · Palo Doro Canyon, Texas

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Local Media reported A 50-year-old Kansas woman was found dead in Palo Duro Canyon Friday afternoon likely due to heat exhaustion.

The wider storm

Reported from local CBS media: A 50-year-old Kansas woman was found dead in Palo Duro Canyon Friday afternoon. The Randall County Sheriff's Office said she had become separated from her family who were all hiking in the area. She was later found dead off the Lighthouse Trail. Authorities said the temperature was in the low 100s on Friday and she died of possible heat exhaustion.

According to local Palo Duro Canyon State Park Floor Mesonet observation site, the max temperatures on the 25th reached 107 degrees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 758796. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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