Heat, Bollinger
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bollinger forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.322, -90.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Missouri, July 19, 2015
Oppressive heat and humidity occurred in advance of a cold front over central Missouri. Afternoon temperatures in the mid 90's, combined with oppressive humidity, produced heat index values from 105 to 110 degrees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 PAH wrote it up.
Oppressive heat and humidity occurred in advance of a cold front over central Missouri. Afternoon temperatures in the mid 90's, combined with oppressive humidity, produced heat index values from 105 to 110 degrees. The peak heat index was 106 at both Poplar Bluff and Cape Girardeau.
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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 5:38 PM CST, 18 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 5:38 PM CST, 18 hours 22 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Butler
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.716, -90.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Cape Girardeau
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Carter
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.941, -90.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Mississippi
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.828, -89.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, New Madrid
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Madrid forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.595, -89.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Perry
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.707, -89.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Ripley
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.653, -90.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Scott
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.053, -89.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Stoddard
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stoddard forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.856, -89.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Wayne
- When
- July 19, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.113, -90.461 (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
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Pennsylvania, July 19 to 20, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 19, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flood and Flood in Vermont, July 19 to 20, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 19, 2015
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 19, 2015
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 19 to 20, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, July 19, 2015
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 19, 2015
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 19, 2015
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2015
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: 589551, 589552, 589553, 589554, 589555, 589556, 589557, 589558, 589559, 589560, 589562.