Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Rutherford
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two young children died of heat stroke in Smyrna after being left in a vehicle for several hours during the afternoon of August 2. The high temperature reached a daily record of 99 degrees at the nearby Nashville International Airport.
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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.