The Dexes / Heat & Excessive Heat / 580357
Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA
580357
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| Event typeevent_type | Heat |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 580,357 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 96,510 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2015-06-07T23:30:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2015-06-10T02:30:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | OREGON |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 1 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 1 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Official NWS Observations |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | An unseasonably strong upper level ridge of high pressure resulted in hot temperatures early in June where high temperatures were around 20 degrees higher than the seasonal normals. The hospital visits for heat related illness for Northwest Oregon increased by 50 during this period. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | High Temperatures were in the low to mid 90s June 7 through June 9th which is around 22 degrees higher than the seasonal normals. The low temperatures were also unseasonably warm and the low temperature on June 7 of 61 degrees at the Portland Airport tied the warmest low record that was previously set in 1948. There is one known indirect heat related fatality where a young man boy drowned while swimming in the Clackamas River near Gladstone. Multnomah County had 7 hospital visits for heat related illnesses. |
| Yearyear | 2,015 |
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