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 Jun 29, 2:15 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 315 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 WITH UPR RDG FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACR REGION...PERSISTENCE IS THE WAY TO GO WITH TEMP TRENDS THRU MON. HI REACHED 105 IN CITY OF STL THIS AFTN THANKS TO SLGT POOLING OF DWPTS NR WHAT APRS TO BE FEEBLE RMNTS OF FNT THAT WAS OVR S MO/S IL ON FRI. THINK THAT DWPTS MAY BE JUST A DEGREE OR TWO LWR ON SUN...BUT THIS WL STILL PUT HEAT ISLAND OF STL IN THE 105 CAT FOR A FEW HRS. ZNS WERE UPDATED WITH THE HEAT ADVSRY SHORTLY AFT 19Z...AND FOR ABV REASONING IT WAS CARRIED THRU SUN. ALL MDLS INDICATE A MORE SW COMPONENT TO LO LVL WNDS ON MON AND A LTL BIT MORE OF A DROP OFF IN DWPTS...SO DID NOT CARRY THE ADVSRY INTO THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. PERHAPS THE MAIN ? FOR THIS UPCOMING FCST PKG IS IF AND/OR HOW MUCH OF A PCPN THRT THERE WL BE. AMS IS OF COURSE VRY UNSTBL...BUT WITH NO FOCUSING MECHANISMS CVG WL BE XTRMLY SPOTTY. AVN AND NGM ARE FAIRLY BULLISH WITH PCPN OVR SW MO ON SUN THAT APRS TO BE ASSOC WITH SVRL WK SHTWVS THAT ARE FCST TO DRIFT INTO THE W PERIPHERY OF THE UPR RDG. HWVR...BLV THAT THIS IS A BIT OVRDONE...AND MAIN IMPACT SHUD GENLY RMN W OF CWFA...SO WL CONT DRY FCST THRU SUN ATTM. GOING FCST HAS CHC POPS IN FOR S/W ZNS FOR MON AND WL CONT THAT FOR NOW. EXTENDED...AVN HINTING AT BACKDOOR COLD FRONT EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. OPRNL MRF VERY SIMILAR WITH BONE CRUSHING 5930M 500MB HIGH MOVING IN OVER MISSOURI ON FRIDAY. WOULD THINK ANY PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY FIRE ALONG SURFACE FRONT DUE TO THIS RIDGE SO MAJORITY OF AREA SHOULD BE DRY ON THURSDAY...AND ALL PRECIP SHOULD STAY SOUTH AND OR WEST OF AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK VERY REASONABLE...WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY. .STL...HEAT ADVISORY THRU SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR CITY OF ST LOUIS TRUETT/CARNEY
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-300130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 310 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 HAZARDS THROUGH TONIGHT... HEAT INDICES ARE NEAR 100 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE GENERATED BY URBAN AREAS...THE HEAT INDEX IN THE CITY OF ST LOUIS WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 105 DEGREES...AND BECAUSE OF THIS DANGER A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE CITY OF ST LOUIS. DISCUSSION... A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BLANKET THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S...HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS COULD ALSO KICK OFF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...THEY WILL BE EXTREMELY SPOTTY...AND THE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY... CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAT INDICES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES. ONCE AGAIN...THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE IN THE CITY OF ST LOUIS DUE TO THE ELEVATED TEMPERATURES THAT OCCUR IN URBAN AREAS...AND BECAUSE OF THAT THREAT A HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR ST LOUIS CITY. && THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM DAILY...AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR HAZARD...MAKE SURE TO REFER TO THE ZONE FORECASTS AND THE ACTUAL WATCH...WARNING OR ADVISORY PRODUCT. TRUETT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 73 year old woman died of hyperthermia in her home in Robertson. The home had no air conditioning, there were no fans and all windows were closed. The woman's pet dog was also found dead.
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 | 2002-06-29 | 73 | Female | 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, 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: 5304572.