Heat, Dunklin
- When
- July 27, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.106, -90.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat indices in excess of 105.
Heat in Missouri, July 27 to 29, 2023
A large ridge and associated area of surface high pressure accompanied by return flow allowed for heat headlines to continue for several days.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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 MEG wrote it up.
A large ridge and associated area of surface high pressure accompanied by return flow allowed for heat headlines to continue for several days.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Pemiscot
- When
- July 27, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.211, -89.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat indices in excess of 105.
Heat, Dunklin
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.106, -90.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat indices in excess of 105.
Heat, Pemiscot
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.211, -89.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat indices in excess of 105.
Heat, Dunklin
- When
- July 29, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.106, -90.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat indices in excess of 105.
Heat, Pemiscot
- When
- July 29, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.211, -89.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat indices in excess of 105.
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 in Missouri, July 27 to 29, 2023
- Rip Currents in New York, July 27 to 28, 2023
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, July 27 to 28, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27 to 29, 2023
- Damaging Winds and Rip Currents in Rhode Island, July 27, 2023
- Tornadoes and Flood in Indiana, July 27 to 29, 2023
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 27 to 29, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, July 27, 2023
- Heat in Tennessee, July 27 to 29, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 27, 2023
- Heat in Mississippi, July 27 to 29, 2023
More
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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: 1128414, 1128415, 1128215, 1128216, 1128323, 1128325.