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The Dexes / Heat & Excessive Heat / 191647

Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

ZAPATA

191647

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Event typeevent_typeHeat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id191,647
Episode IDepisode_id32,818
Begin UTCbegin_utc2009-07-30T17:30:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2009-07-31T22:00:00+00:00
StatestateTEXAS
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameZAPATA
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceASOS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeCompression of air near the surface, aided by northwesterly flow in the mid and high levels of the atmosphere, returned very hot temperatures to portions of the Rio Grande Valley to close July. The movement of a surface front into South Central Texas helped draw higher surface moisture into the region. The result was a two day period of heat index at or above 111F for several hours each afternoon, with overnight temperatures remaining largely in the 80s in most areas.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeHeat index values, which commonly held between 103 and 108 for most July days in the Rio Grande Valley between Cameron and Zapata County, nudged upward above critical values beginning on the 30th and ending before sunset on the 31st across Zapata County mainly near the Rio Grande River, generally south of the City of Zapata. At the Falcon Lake Real-Time Observation Monitor and Analysis Network site along the Starr/Zapata County line, heat index peaked at 117 between 3 and 4 pm CDT on July 30th. Conditions lasted 2 to 4 hours each afternoon; overnight lows did not fall below 80 in the affected area. ||As of this writing, there were no known fatalities or injuries from the high heat in Zapata County during this period.
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