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Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

LOWER COLUMBIA

517402

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Event typeevent_typeExcessive Heat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id517,402
Episode IDepisode_id85,675
Begin UTCbegin_utc2014-07-01T20:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2014-07-02T02:00:00+00:00
StatestateWASHINGTON
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameLOWER COLUMBIA
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect1
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceBroadcast Media
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAn upper level ridge combined with a surface thermal trough and low level offshore winds resulted in a hot day across Southwest Washington where inland temperatures peaked in the upper 90s inland and the upper 80s along the coast. The NWS Portland office had a heat advisory in effect. Many people flocked to the rivers to cool from the heat and there were unfortunately a drowning. Another man was hospitalized after rescuing a woman and two children from the Toutle River.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeAn injury from swimming in the Toutle River, WA during a hot weather spell could be indirectly related to the hot temperatures on July 1, 2014. A man and two children were swimming in the Toutle River when a strong current took the three of them under water. The girl's mother jumped in to help, and also got caught in the current. The man was able to get the woman, her two daughters, and himself to shore and was later airlifted to the hospital for injuries received during the process.
Yearyear2,014

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