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| event_type | Heat |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,555,115 |
| episode_id | 2,035,558 |
| begin_utc | 1996-05-18T17:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 1996-05-21T22:00:00+00:00 |
| state | VIRGINIA |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | MADISON |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| episode_narrative | An early-season four day heat wave, which followed a spring characterized by cooler than normal temperatures and above normal cloud cover, took it's toll on outdoor enthusiasts unprepared for the dramatic temperature swing. Less than a week earlier, some crops in the northern Shenandoah Valley were threatened by subfreezing temperatures!Although there were no serious injuries (e.g., heat stroke) in northern Virginia, hundreds of residents sustained varying degrees of heat exhaustion. On May 21, thousands of school children were attending an air show at the Manassas Airpark (VAZ052). Heat exhaustion affected just over 100 of the children; most were treated at the scene, but others were taken to Prince William Co hospital and released. Farther south, near Orange (VAZ050), 130 persons were taken ill with heat exhaustion on the 19th. Alexandria city (VAC500) reported 3 cases of heat exhaustion.Many school districts in the piedmont and Shenandoah Valley closed for all or part of the 20th and 21st. The hottest day of the period was Monday the 20th, when Washington/Dulles (IAD) and Washington/National (DCA) broke standing records. The Potomac Electric Power Co (PEPCO) forced a local "brownout" in the Washington metropolitan area to cut energy consumption. |
| year | 1,996 |
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