Heat in Utah Valley, Utah

Heat July 21, 2021 · Utah Valley, Utah

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 9-year-old boy was found dead in a vehicle in American Fork on Wednesday, July 21, at around 1:45 p.m. It is believed the child was inside the car for approximately two hours before he was discovered. Temperatures in the vicinity of American Fork at the time were generally in the 90-95 degree Fahrenheit range.

The wider storm

An active monsoon surge brought several back-to-back days of thunderstorms producing heavy rain, damaging wind gusts, and hail across the state.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 974534. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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