Heat — Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona
September 11, 2011 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
On the morning of September 11th, a 31 year old Missouri man and his friend decided to hike up South Mountain. The Missouri man was in town to watch the ASU/Missouri football game on Saturday the 10th. The two men went hiking in South Mountain Preserve Sunday morning and left with both water and a map. According to Scott Walker of the Phoenix Fire Department, they got lost and ran out of water at approximately 11 am and became disoriented. The hikers were deep in the mountains when a 12:40 pm emergency call was made. The Missouri man was found dead at 2 pm and rescuers indicated he died from heat stroke and dehydration. The second man survived and did not need hospitalization. The high temperature at Phoenix on Sunday was 99 degrees and some of the hotter deserts reached triple digits.
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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.