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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1033 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/08/2007 M97.00 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 1 FATAL *** COUNTY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT A 54 YEAR
OLD WOMAN DIED FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IN HER HOME IN
THE ORANGE MOUND COMMUNITY OF MEMPHIS. THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE REACHED 97 DEGREES WITH HEAT INDICES
EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES.
0500 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/10/2007 M102 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 1 FATAL *** COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A 46 YEAR
OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER HOME. THE CAUSE OF DEATH
WAS DETERMINED TO BE HEAT RELATED. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
REACHED 102 DEGREES.
0500 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/11/2007 M102 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 1 FATAL *** COUNTY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT A 70 YEAR
OLD WOMAN DIED IN HER HOME. THE CAUSES OF DEATH WERE HEAT
RELATED. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 102 DEGREES.
0500 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/13/2007 M105 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 2 FATAL *** COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO DEATHS ON
MONDAY AUGUST 13 THAT WERE HEAT RELATED. A 75 YEAR OLD
MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME AND A 77 YEAR OLD WOMAN
WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER BACKYARD DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACH 105 DEGREES.
0600 AM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/15/2007 E106 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 1 FATAL *** COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A 32 YEAR
OLD MAN WAS FOUND DEAD THIS MORNING IN THE YARD ADJACENT
TO HIS MEMPHIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE BINHAMPTON
COMMUNITY. THE DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE HEAT RELATED.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS REACH 106 DEGREES AS OF 317 PM
CDT.
0213 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/15/2007 M106 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 1 FATAL *** COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A 67 YEAR OLD
FEMALE WAS FOUND DEAD UNDER A TENT IN A RV PARK BEHIND
HEARBREAK HOTEL NEAR BROOKS ROAD IN MEMPHIS AT 213 PM
CDT. THIS DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE HEAT RELATED. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE REACHED WAS 106 DEGREES AT 317 PM
CDT.
0500 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/15/2007 M106 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 1 FATAL *** SHELBY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A
53 YEAR OLD MALE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS APARTMENT IN THE
CLEVELAND UNION COMMUNITY OF MEMPHIS. HIS DEATH WAS
DETERMINED TO BE HEAT RELATED. HIS APARTMENT HAD NO AIR
CONDITIONING AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 106
DEGREES.
0500 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT 5 S DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.06N 90.05W
08/16/2007 M105 F SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 1 FATAL *** LOCAL TELEVISION MEDIA REPORTED THAT A 77
YEAR OLD WOMAN DIED ON THURSDAY EVENING IN HER HOME NEAR
MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE DEATH WAS REPORTED TO
BE HEAT RELATED. THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THE HOME WAS NOT
OPERATING PROPERLY. THIS IS THE 9TH DEATH REPORTED SO FAR
THIS WEEK.
0531 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT 8 SE DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.05N 89.95W
08/17/2007 M102 F SHELBY TN COUNTY OFFICIAL
*** 1 FATAL *** SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTED
A 62 YEAR OLD MALE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF GETWELL AND ELLISTON. THE HEAT MAY HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH. HIS HOME HAD NO AIR
CONDITIONING OR FANS. THE WINDOWS WERE ALSO CLOSED. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 102 DEGREES AND HEAT INDICES
REACHED 108 DEGREES.
0600 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 90.05W
08/17/2007 M102 F SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 1 FATAL *** LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION STATION
REPORTED THE DEATH OF A 60 YEAR OLD MALE FOUND DEAD IN
HIS MEMPHIS HOME FRIDAY NIGHT AUG. 17, 2007. THE SHELBY
COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID THE DEATH WAS HEAT-RELATED.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 102 AND THE HEAT INDEX REACHED
108 DEGREES. THIS IS THE 11TH HEAT-RELATED DEATH THIS
WEEK IN MEMPHIS.
0500 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT GERMANTOWN 35.09N 89.79W
08/18/2007 M101 F SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 1 FATAL *** LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS REPORTED THAT A
74 YEAR OLD MALE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS GERMANTOWN HOME
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 18, 2007. THE SHELBY
COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID THAT EXCESSIVE HEAT WAS A
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN HIS DEATH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
WAS 101 DEGREES AND THE HEAT INDEX REACHED 111 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE 12TH HEAT-RELATED DEATH IN THE MEMPHIS AREA
DUE TO THE HEAT WAVE.
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SJM
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