1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 1:50 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 250 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ...HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL OF SEVERE STORMS TO CONTINUE TODAY... .DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION EARLY SATURDAY IN A WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME AHEAD OF A DEEP UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER COLORADO. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WAS DEVELOPING IN THE RED RIVER REGION WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS. STRONG DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.25 INCHES HAS SUPPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE CONTINUED TO ADD UP ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHERE THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS INCREASING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC DATA ANALYSIS SHOWS TWO DISTINCT SHORTWAVES PIN-WHEELING AROUND THE COLORADO UPPER LOW. THE FIRST WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND THE OTHER WAS SWINGING THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND DEEP MOISTURE PLUME WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THROUGH TODAY. THE QUESTION CENTERS ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WHICH WILL BE HIGHLY CONDITIONAL ON CLOUD COVER AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY. MODELS DIFFER TO SOME EXTENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE LOW TODAY WITH THE ETA MODEL MORE AGGRESSIVE IN LIFTING THE LOW NORTH NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE UPPER PATTERN WOULD SUPPORT THE LOW LIFTING NORTH BUT THIS MAY BE AUGMENTED BY MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES. I WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS WHICH SUGGEST MORE OF AN INVERTED TROUGH. THE ONGOING CONVECTION AND CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY LIMIT INSTABILITY BUT THIS WILL BE OFFSET TO SOME DEGREE BY STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS. MESOSCALE FEATURES AND EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL HAVE TO MONITORED CLOSELY TODAY. IF THE WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO THE AREA AND ANY CLEARING DEVELOPS THEN SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WOULD INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. IN ANY EVENT...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. I MAY EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH BASED ON LATEST ON RADAR TRENDS. CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL SETTLE INTO THE OZARKS REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A MORE AMPLIFIED UPPER PATTERN AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOLLOWS THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM. && .AVIATION... MVFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL TODAY. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY LOWERED TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES IN HEAVY RAIN. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN TIER OF MO COUNTIES AND FOR SOUTHERN MO COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 THROUGH SUN 6 AM. .KS...FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY. FOSTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
810 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100-
BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-
DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-
LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-
POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...
PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
810 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY CONTAIN:
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH
AND WEST OF A NEVADA MISSOURI TO WEST PLAINS MISSOURI
LINE...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE REST OF THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY AT THE
RATE OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR LEADING TO FLOODING PROBLEMS. IN
ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. THE AIRMASS NEAR THE SURFACE IS
RELATIVELY COOL SO WHILE AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT...THE PRIMARY THREAT SHOULD BE HAIL. NO TORNADOES ARE
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN OVER CENTRAL TEXAS
LATER TODAY AND MOVE NORTH INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY MIDDAY SATURDAY.
WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA
SATURDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER
CHANCES WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT CAN
OCCUR DURING THE DAY. EVEN IF MODEST INSTABILITY CAN
OCCUR...FORECAST WIND PROFILES INDICATE THAT SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
THE ADDTIONAL RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE
AN ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEST OF A BRANSON TO BOLIVAR LINE. IN
ADDITION...LAW ENFORCEMENT...OBSERVERS...AND SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1000 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TSTM WND GST SCAMMON 37.28N 94.82W
04/23/2004 60 MPH CHEROKEE KS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE.
MMTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1033 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND GST ASBURY 37.28N 94.62W
04/23/2004 60 MPH JASPER MO PUBLIC
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
GAEDEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1136 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM HAIL 4 W LOCKWOOD 37.38N 94.04W
04/23/2004 1.00 INCH DADE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
1120 PM HAIL GOLDEN CITY 37.40N 94.10W
04/23/2004 1.00 INCH BARTON MO PUBLIC
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
GAEDEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0122 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG MORRISVILLE 37.48N 93.43W
04/24/2004 POLK MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
bookbinderSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 203 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088>090-093>095-101>104-240732- BARRY-BARTON-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-GREENE-JASPER-LAWRENCE- MCDONALD-NEWTON-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRANSON...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON... NEOSHO...OZARK...PITTSBURG AND SPRINGFIELD. 203 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME OF REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0220 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM TSTM WND DMG MORRISVILLE 37.48N 93.43W
04/24/2004 POLK MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. REPORTED BY
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE.
BOOKBINDERThe Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads and low water crossings were inundated with flash flood waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2004
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: 5391692.