Missouri, 1997Heat in Missouri, July 26 to 28, 1997
July 26 to 28, 1997 · NWS PAH · 11 events in 11 counties and zones
High temperatures were in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees for three consecutive days. High humidity pushed heat index values to between 105 and 115 degrees.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 24
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
High temperatures were in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees for three consecutive days. High humidity pushed heat index values to between 105 and 115 degrees. An air conditioning unit failed on an office building in Cape Girardeau. Four overheated female employees in the office building were taken to a local hospital as a precaution. Area hospitals treated at least a dozen people for dehydration or other heat-related problems during the heat wave. The highest temperature at Cape Girardeau was 100 degrees during this heat wave.
Heat, Bollinger
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bollinger forecast zone
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.322, -90.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A heat wave spanning a three-day period caused heat stress problems for the unprepared. A cooling unit of an air conditioner in a Cape Girardeau office building failed, causing four employees to require medical attention. The four women spent a good part of the day in the room without air conditioning. The women became lethargic and overheated, and were taken to a local hospital as a precaution. Over a four-day period, Southeast Missouri hospitals treated at least a dozen people for heat related illness in their emergency rooms. About half of the cases involved elderly residents. Four people were treated for dehydration at one hospital on July 27. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to near 100 degrees for three consecutive days. High humidity sent the heat index up to near 115 degrees.
Heat, Butler
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.716, -90.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Cape Girardeau
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Carter
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.941, -90.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Mississippi
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.828, -89.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, New Madrid
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Madrid forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.595, -89.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Perry
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.707, -89.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Ripley
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.653, -90.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Scott
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.053, -89.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Stoddard
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stoddard forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.856, -89.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Wayne
- When
- July 26, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.113, -90.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 27, 19972 deaths · 35 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 26 to 27, 1997$2.4 million · F1 · 22 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, July 26, 1997$494,000 · 61 kt wind · 21 events
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 26, 1997$750,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Iowa, July 26, 1997$223,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 26, 1997$170,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 26, 1997$80,000 · 61 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 1997$75,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Ohio, July 26, 1997$75,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Heat in Indiana, July 26 to 27, 199741 events
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 26, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 26, 1997$25,000 · 1 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5609821, 5609822, 5609823, 5609824, 5609825, 5609826, 5609827, 5609828, 5609829, 5609830, 5609831.