Heat, Monroe
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.496, -92.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Missouri, August 23 to 25, 1998
A late summer heat wave primarily caused problems for area schools that had just opened for the 1998-1999 school year. Most school districts opened only for the morning hours, sending the children home around noon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
A late summer heat wave primarily caused problems for area schools that had just opened for the 1998-1999 school year. Most school districts opened only for the morning hours, sending the children home around noon. The Missouri Department of Health reported 10 heat related injuries. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s with Heat Index readings around 105.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Ralls
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ralls forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.528, -91.522 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Boone
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.991, -92.310 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Callaway
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Callaway forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.836, -91.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Montgomery
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.942, -91.470 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Gasconade
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gasconade forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.441, -91.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, St. Charles
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Charles forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.782, -90.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Franklin
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.411, -91.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, St. Louis
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 38.641, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, St. Louis (C)
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis (C) forecast zone
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.627, -90.198 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jefferson
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.261, -90.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, St. Francois
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Francois forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.810, -90.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Madison
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 37.478, -90.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 23, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, August 23, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Flood in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1998
- Rip Current in Delaware, August 23 to 29, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, August 23, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, August 23, 1998
- Rip Currents in New Jersey, August 23 to 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 1998
Sources
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: 5660713, 5660714, 5660715, 5660716, 5660717, 5660718, 5660719, 5660720, 5660721, 5660722, 5660723, 5660724, 5660725.