Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Pulaski
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two heat-related deaths were reported on August 12th, and another on the 13th. On the 12th, a 44 year-old male was found dead in the back yard of a house, about a mile southwest of downtown Little Rock. On the same day, a 57 year-old male was found dead in a house, approximately 3 miles west of downtown Little Rock. The temperature in the house was above 100 degrees. On the 13th, a 52 year-old male was found dead outside of a tractor-trailer parked at a truck stop in Galloway.
Other notable heat events in Arkansas
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.