Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Johnson
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 16 year-old Lamar High School football player collapsed from the heat following a morning practice on the 11th. He went into a coma and was flown to a Little Rock hospital for treatment. He never regained consciousness and passed away in the hospital early on the morning of October 12th. The coroner ruled the death was due to multi-system failure related to heat stroke.
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.