Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Rapides
Event narrative (NOAA)
Beauregard Daily News reported that a two-year old boy died of heat exhaustion in Hineston when he climbed into an unlocked car and became trapped between 3 PM and 4 PM. He was reportedly trapped for less than one hour. At nearby Alexandria International Airport, the high temperature was 99 degrees with a dewpoint of 72 degrees. This resulted in a heat index value of 110 degrees around the time of the fatality.
Other notable heat events in Louisiana
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.