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Safety Report: Southwest Texas and Southern Louisiana & Mississippi Heat Advisory, USA
1 year ago •source washingtonpost.com
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Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories affect more than 40 million people this weekend. The warnings, which are the most dire type of heat alert the National Weather Service issues, extend from the border of Mexico and southwest Texas to the border of southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Population centers in the warning zone include Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Galveston, and Lufkin in Texas and New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Alexandria in Louisiana.Heat advisories, for somewhat lesser heat, cover the Texas Big Bend and Edwards Plateau and include San Angelo, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and northwest Louisiana.
The exceptional heat and humidity have fueled severe thunderstorms farther to the north over North Texas, Oklahoma, the lower Mississippi Valley, and parts of the Deep South. More than 800 reports of severe weather were received by the Storm Prediction Center between Wednesday and Thursday alone. A deadly tornado rated EF3 on the 0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale occurred in the town of Perryton, located in the Texas Panhandle, while hail approximately 6 inches in diameter.
The National Weather Service is calling for “widespread record to near-record daytime heat with temperatures into the 100 degrees” with heat indexes up to 120 the next several days. A few spots could set heat records for the entire month of June.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/06/17/texas-heat-wave-records-climate/
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