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Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

WILLIAMSON

655315

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Event typeevent_typeHeat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id655,315
Episode IDepisode_id109,498
Begin UTCbegin_utc2016-08-04T18:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2016-08-06T00:00:00+00:00
StatestateILLINOIS
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameWILLIAMSON
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceAWOS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeSouth of the Interstate 64 corridor, afternoon heat indices peaked from 105 to 114 degrees on the afternoons of the 4th and 5th. In Benton in Franklin County, a 43-year-old man died after working outdoors in the heat. The man was found unresponsive indoors, and he was pronounced dead that evening at a local hospital. The coroner reported evidence of a heat stroke. The highest heat indices occurred on the afternoon of the 5th, when the heat index peaked at 114 degrees at Metropolis, 112 at Cairo, and 107 at Harrisburg. Actual air temperatures reached the lower to mid 90's. Hot and very humid air built up under a subtropical 500 mb ridge that was centered over the southern states and extended north through the mid Mississippi Valley.
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