The Dexes / Heat & Excessive Heat / 335107
Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat
GREATER PHOENIX AREA
335107
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| Event typeevent_type | Heat |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 335,107 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 55,892 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2011-09-11T17:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2011-09-12T03:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | ARIZONA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | GREATER PHOENIX AREA |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 1 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Newspaper |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | High temperatures on Sunday, September 11th reached near or slightly above 100 degrees in the greater Phoenix area. A hiker from Missouri attempted to hike South Mountain during the late morning, but ran out of water and became lost. He died early in the afternoon as a result of heatstroke and dehydration. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | On the morning of September 11th, a 31 year old Missouri man and his friend decided to hike up South Mountain. The Missouri man was in town to watch the ASU/Missouri football game on Saturday the 10th. The two men went hiking in South Mountain Preserve Sunday morning and left with both water and a map. According to Scott Walker of the Phoenix Fire Department, they got lost and ran out of water at approximately 11 am and became disoriented. The hikers were deep in the mountains when a 12:40 pm emergency call was made. The Missouri man was found dead at 2 pm and rescuers indicated he died from heat stroke and dehydration. The second man survived and did not need hospitalization. The high temperature at Phoenix on Sunday was 99 degrees and some of the hotter deserts reached triple digits. |
| Yearyear | 2,011 |
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