Excessive Heat — Bossier, Louisiana
July 12, 2011 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Bossier
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 57 year old woman was found unresponsive outside a Bossier City nursing home and it was determined that she died from the heat. It was determined that she had been left outside for approximately one hour on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 12th. The temperature that afternoon in Bossier City was 100 degrees with a maximum heat index temperature of 106 degrees.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.