Missouri, 2024

Excessive Heat in Missouri, June 29, 2024

June 29, 2024 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Moisture surged into the region while a strong upper ridge prevailed over the ArkLaTex region. Surface dewpoints climbed into the low to middle 70s while high temperatures rose into the lower to middle 90s resulting in high heat indices.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Moisture surged into the region while a strong upper ridge prevailed over the ArkLaTex region. Surface dewpoints climbed into the low to middle 70s while high temperatures rose into the lower to middle 90s resulting in high heat indices. The aforementioned upper ridge continued to intensify resulting in a couple of days of dangerous heat.

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Event by event

2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Dunklin

When
June 29, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 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 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Pemiscot

When
June 29, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 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 110 degrees.

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1193980, 1193981.