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Excessive Heat — Walker, Georgia

September 5, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Walker

Event narrative (NOAA)

A Chattanooga Tennessee television news station reported a heat related death in Chickamauga, Georgia in Walker County. An 11-month-old boy was left in a closed vehicle for approximately two and a half hours during the afternoon of Saturday, September 5th. Air temperatures were reported to be in the lower 90s and a Walker County Sheriff's Department official estimated that temperatures inside of the vehicle reached as high as 130-170 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.

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