Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Muscogee
Event narrative (NOAA)
Local newspapers report that a 31 year old man died due to hyperthermia in an automobile in Columbus. Temperatures reached into the middle 90s during the afternoon and the man was found in the front seat of his car with all of the windows rolled up.
Other notable heat events in Georgia
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.