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Excessive Heat — Dallas, Texas

May 17, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Dallas

Event narrative (NOAA)

A one year old child died on May 17th after being left in a car on the parking lot of an elementary school. Temperatures on the 17th only reached the lower 90s in the city of Dallas. However, heat was determined to be the cause of death.

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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.

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