The first heat wave of the summer hit the area resulting in at least 4 deaths and over 100 injuries. The temperature during the event ranged from the upper 80 to middle 90.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
The first heat wave of the summer hit the area resulting in at least 4 deaths and over 100 injuries. The temperature during the event ranged from the upper 80 to middle 90. However the relative humidity was very high resulting in a Heat Index ranging from 105 to 110.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, St. Louis | 2000-07-09 | 68 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, St. Louis (C) | 2000-07-11 | 68 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, St. Louis (C) | 2000-07-11 | 57 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, St. Louis (C) | 2000-07-14 | 80 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2000
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: 5163966, 5163967.