1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 200 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002 MAIN CONCERNS THIS PKG TO BE CLD CVR AND TEMPS IN NR TERM AND CHCS FOR PCPN OVR WKEND IN XTNDD. VSBL SAT PIX SHWG VORT CTR NOW OVR CTRL KY AT 18Z. RUC AND AVN HV BEST PLACEMENT WITH ETA ABOUT 75NMI TOO FAR E. MDLS KEEP THIS LO QSTNRY THRU 72H AND THEN FILL AS 50H CTRS STRENGTHEN OVR SW AND WRN ATLC. L/WV TROF MVS INTO NW US BY 120HR WITH A S/WV MOVG ACRS NRN PLNS AT SAME TIME. SFC HI FM GT LKS INTO NE US SHUD KEEP NE-ELY SFC WNDS ACRS FA THRU NR TERM WITH AT OR SLGTLY BLO NRML TEMPS. LOTS OF CU AND A FEW SHWRS DVLPG THIS AFTN OVR NE MO IN LO LVL CNVRNGC. XPCT THIS ACTVTY TO WKN AND DISPT THIS EVE. MAY INCLD A THIS EVE PD IN CTRL AND ERN ZNS THO TO ACCT FOR PCPN PSBLTY. MDLS INDCTG VERY LO POPS UNTIL WELL INTO XTNDD AND WL KP ZNS DRY PER GOING FCSTS. XPCT SUM SMALL VORT MAXES TO ROTATE ARND 50H LO WHICH COULD TRIGGER SUM WDLY SCTD SHWRS...MAINLY AFTN...BUT TRICKY TO IDENTIFY VERY FAR IN ADVANCE. MRF INCRSNG POPS LT IN XTNDD BUT RELUCTANT TO INTRO POPS THIS FAR IN ADVANCE FOR MAJ HOLIDAY WKEND WITHOUT MORE CONFIRMATION. TEMPS TO CONT NR NRML. .STL...NONE WDB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The State Health Department reported a heat related death in St. Louis. Details were not yet available. The high temperature that day was 86.
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 (C) | 2002-08-26 | 82 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2002
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: 5314138.