Heat — Upper Santa Cruz River And Altar Valleys, Arizona
September 10, 2018 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Upper Santa Cruz River And Altar Valleys
Event narrative (NOAA)
Above normal temperatures occurred in southern Pima County on September 10th and 11th. Sells recorded high temperatures of 102 degrees on the 10th and 104 on the 11th, while Sasabe reached 101 degrees on both days. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for one adult male just east of Sasabe on the 10th and another adult make northwest of Topawa on the Tohono O'odham Nation on the 11th.
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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.