Missouri, 2006

Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 2, 2006

August 1 to 2, 2006 · NWS LSX · 29 events in 29 counties and zones

The late July Heat Wave continued into the first 2 days of August before a cold front finally moved through bringing cooler temperatures. In Columbia, August 2nd was the 5th straight day of reaching a high temperature over 100 degrees.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 29 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
59
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
29

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.

The late July Heat Wave continued into the first 2 days of August before a cold front finally moved through bringing cooler temperatures. In Columbia, August 2nd was the 5th straight day of reaching a high temperature over 100 degrees. In St. Louis, August 2nd was the 4th straight day over 100 degrees.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 31, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

29 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Audrain

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Audrain forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.216, -91.842 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Boone

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Boone forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.991, -92.310 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Callaway

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Callaway forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.836, -91.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Cole

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Cole forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.505, -92.282 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Crawford

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Crawford forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.976, -91.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Franklin

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Franklin forecast zone
Injuries
13 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.411, -91.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Gasconade

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Gasconade forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.441, -91.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Iron

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Iron forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.504, -90.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Jefferson

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.261, -90.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Knox

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Knox forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
40.128, -92.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lewis

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Lewis forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
40.097, -91.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lincoln

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.058, -90.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Madison

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.478, -90.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Marion

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Marion forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.806, -91.622 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Moniteau

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Moniteau forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.633, -92.583 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Monroe

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Monroe forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.496, -92.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Montgomery

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.942, -91.470 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Osage

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Osage forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.460, -91.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Pike

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Pike forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.344, -91.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Ralls

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Ralls forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.528, -91.522 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Reynolds

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Reynolds forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.362, -90.969 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Shelby

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Shelby forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.798, -92.077 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, St. Charles

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
St. Charles forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.782, -90.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, St. Francois

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
St. Francois forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.810, -90.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, St. Louis

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
St. Louis forecast zone
Injuries
15 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.641, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, St. Louis (C)

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
St. Louis (C) forecast zone
Injuries
31 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.627, -90.198 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Ste. Genevieve

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Ste. Genevieve forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.894, -90.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Warren

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.765, -91.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Washington

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 2, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.962, -90.877 (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

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5525858, 5525859, 5525860, 5525861, 5525862, 5525863, 5526136, 5526137, 5526138, 5526139, 5526140, 5526141, 5526142, 5526143, 5526144, 5526145, 5526146, 5526147, 5526148, 5526149, 5526150, 5526151, 5526152, 5526153, 5526154, 5526155, 5526156, 5526157, 5526158.