1 lightning, 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 Jun 24, 1:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 215 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 QUES THIS PKG TO BE MAINLY POPS. WV PICS SHWG WELL DVLPD CYCLC CIRCLN OVR NRN LA DRFTG SLOLY NW AT 5KT. BROAD CIRCLN WITH THIS SYS CVRG ALL OF FA AND SUM AFTN TSRA DVLPG OVR SRN AND ERN ZNS. XPCT PCPN TO DISPT ARND SS BUT LO CHCS POPS TO CONT MAINLY DAYTIME THRU NR TERM AS UPR LO DRIFTS N AND WKNS BY MID WK. MDLS BRING S/WV IN NRN STREAM SE INTO GT LKS BY MID WK AND WK CDFNT TO MV INTO AREA LT WED AND BCM QSTNRY ON THU TO S. TEMPS TO SHW LTL CHG AND MDLS IN GD AGMT. WL CUT MAXES 1-2 DEG NR TERM MAINLY DUE TO INCRSD CLDNS. IN XTNDD TEMPS TO BE A CAT COOLER ON THU BHND FNT THU WITH SLO WRMG AFTWD. WL TWEAK POPS TO REMOVE WORDING FOR PCPN IN NRN ZNS FOR ERLY NXT WK BUT KEEP LO CHC IN XTRM S. .STL...NONE WDB
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 44 year old man was struck by lightning at Fenton Park while preparing for a softball game. He fell into a coma and died on July 27, 2002.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, St. Louis | 2002-07-26 | 44 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | 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, June 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: 5298219.