Iowa, 2004Flood in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 2004
May 30 to 31, 2004 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 2:10 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:10 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
310 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS ERN NEBRASKA AT 07Z WITH SOME
LINGERING CONVECTION FROM THE SERN CORNER OF NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST
IOWA AND ALSO ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER. AS FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE
EAST OUT OF THE AREA THIS MORNING FOCUS SHIFTS TO THE UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM THAT MODELS HANG OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO EARLY PART OF
THE WEEK. WILL PULL FLOOD WATCH ISSUED EARLIER WITH 4 AM ISSUANCE.
WITH UPPER WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD POOL COMING ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE WITH SOME LOW POPS INTO EARLY EVENING.
SIMILAR SITUATION AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT WILL LIMIT
AREA TO NRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ALTHOUGH NERN PORTION OF CWA
REMAINS ON SRN EDGE OF MODEL QPF ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER JET THROUGH
TUESDAY BEFORE SYSTEM SHIFTS TO THE EAST WILL KEEP THINGS DRY AND
EXPECT MAINLY INCREASED CLOUDS OVER THIS AREA. TEMPERATURES TREND
COOLER THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AS A RESULT WITH LITTLE CHANGE TO
CURRENT FORECAST.
IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WARMING TREND INDICATED LATE WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND AS GFS HAS STRONG RIDGING DEVELOPING BY NEXT WEEKEND WITH
ECMWF NOT QUITE AS AMPLIFIED. NO CHANGE TO EXTENDED PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
NOTE...EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC JUNE 8TH THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER
/PID/ FOR THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION ISSUED BY OMAHA WFO WILL
CHANGE TO OMAAFDOAX. THE WMO CODE WILL REMAIN FXUS63 KOAX.
FOBERT
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:00 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
500 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-301700-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-
FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON-
MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE-
PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-
SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
500 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE SPOTTY AND REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE ON SOME RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA...INCLUDING THE LITTLE NEMAHA...BIG BLUE AND NISHNABOTNA.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SWING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP UNDER A POOL OF COLD AIR ALOFT
HELPING TO TRIGGER AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA...AND AGAIN LATE IN THE WEEK. INSTABILITY WILL BE
LIMITED...AND SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY FROM THESE STORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
FOBERT
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 1:13 AM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
213 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 AM FLOOD DILLER 40.11N 96.94W
05/30/2004 JEFFERSON NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
3 FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 103.
&&
DEWALDSpecial weather statement, May 30, 1:18 AM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
218 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
IAZ056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ067-068-090>092-300735-
CASS-FREMONT IA-JOHNSON-MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-
PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-SHELBY IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...CLARINDA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...
HARLAN...NEBRASKA CITY...RED OAK...SIDNEY
218 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 327 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN IOWA...
SHELBY...POTTAWATTAMIE...MILLS...MONTGOMERY...FREMONT AND PAGE
IN NEBRASKA...
CASS...OTOE...JOHNSON...NEMAHA AND PAWNEE
DEWALD
Special weather statement, May 30, 2:15 AM CST, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
315 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
NEZ093-300840-
RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FALLS CITY
315 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 327 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN NEBRASKA...
RICHARDSON
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 327 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL NEBRASKA
COUNTIES.
SCHURR
Flood, Fremont
- When
- May 30, 6:15 AM CST to May 31, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Fremont forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.746, -95.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
For the second time in a week the Nishnabotna River in Fremont county flooded due to heavy rains. The river at Hamburg crested at 28.8 feet at 1145 am Cdt May 30th, flood stage is 18 feet. The river was above flood stage from 715 am Cdt on the 30th through 415 am Cdt on the 31st. The flooding affected agricultural lowlands as a dike along the river protected most structures and roads.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 30 to 31, 20041 death · 26 injured · $21 million · F2 · 35 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 20041 death · 11 injured · $5.6 million · F3 · 6 events
- Tornado in Indiana, May 30, 20041 injured · $6.0 million · F3 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, May 30 to 31, 20041 death · $17 million · 1.25 in hail · 23 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 30 to 31, 20041 death · 3 injured · $440,000 · F1 · 29 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 30 to 31, 2004$33 million · F1 · 122 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 30 to 31, 20041 death · 2 injured · $574,000 · 1.5 in hail · 53 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 30, 200422 injured · $331,000 · 1.75 in hail · 22 events
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 30 to 31, 20041 death · $82,000 · F1 · 23 events
- Tornado in Missouri, May 30, 20041 death · $100,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 30, 2004$3.8 million · F2 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 30, 20047 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 61 events
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: 5395478.