The Dexes / Heat & Excessive Heat / 447633
Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat
GREATER PHOENIX AREA
447633
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| Event typeevent_type | Excessive Heat |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 447,633 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 74,014 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2013-06-02T17:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2013-06-03T03:00:00+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 | Broadcast Media |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | Unseasonably strong high pressure developed across the desert southwest at the start of June, which caused high temperatures to approach 110 degrees on Sunday, the second of June. An Excessive Heat Warning was issued for the south central Deserts on the 2nd, which included the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The excessive heat led to the death of a hiker in the White Tank Mountains, and was also responsible for several heat related medical calls during the first part of the weekend. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Strong high pressure aloft developed during the first weekend of June, and on June 2nd, high temperatures reached to 110 degrees across the south central Arizona deserts, including the greater Phoenix area. The high temperature at Sky Harbor Airport was 109 degrees. As a result of the heat, an Excessive Heat Warning was issued for the Phoenix area, running from 10 am until 8 pm. A 21 year old Arizona man went hiking in the White Tank Mountains during the morning hours on Sunday; he left at 630 am with 2 friends to go on a 10 mile hike along Ford Canyon. At about 11:30 am, his friends called for help, stating that he was cramping and had passed out. They tried to perform CPR on him; meanwhile MCSO rescue teams arrived by helicopter and they pronounced him dead - a result of the heat. The man was wearing black jeans and a tee shirt, and the temperature was over 100 degrees when the call came in. Despite having enough water to drink, the man succumbed to the heat and died. The excessive heat also caused problems a day earlier; on Saturday the first, crews were dispatched multiple times to Piestewa Peak for medical calls. According to Scottsdale Fire Captain Tim Cooper, for one such call, a man had a fainting episode due to dehydration and the heat. |
| Yearyear | 2,013 |
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