Event narrative (NOAA)
A man was found dead in a parking lot near a restaurant in downtown Harlingen during the afternoon of June 12th. Residents believed the man to be homeless, and the suspected cause of death was heat stroke. The man was pronounced dead at 5:50 PM CDT but may have died a few hours earlier during the peak of the heat. Heat index values at the Harlingen/Valley International Airport peaked at 107 during the afternoon, and at 112 at McAllen/Miller Airport in Hidalgo County. It is quite possible that where the fatality occurred, in a more urban setting, heat index values could have been at or very near local advisory criteria, which is 111 during the afternoon.
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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.