2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 27, 2:20 PM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 320 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004 .DISCUSSION... GOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...WITH COLD FRONT POSITIONED FROM ROUGHLY BETHANY TO MUSCOTAH KANSAS...AND INITIATION OCCURRING AT THE ANTICIPATED TIME. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UPDATED TO INCLUDE MUCH OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH 9 PM. GIVEN SHEAR PROFILES...ANTICIPATE MOSTLY A MULTICELLULAR...HAIL/DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RAIN TO NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...MOST NOTABLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS. FOLLOWING THE FRONT...CONDITIONS LOOK TO DRY OUT BY MID SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE HIGH PLAINS...ENDING THE WEEK OF ACTIVE WEATHER. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL SHIFT MOST ACTIVITY INTO AREAS OF NORTHERN IOWA AND MINNESOTA...WITH RIDGING MOVING INTO PLACE BY MID WEEK. THEREFORE...DRY FORECAST WILL REMAIN IN TACT UNTIL FURTHER MODEL RUNS ADVERTISE OTHERWISE. TEMPERATURES REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH STRONG WARM ADVECTION PRIOR TO NEXT STORM SYSTEM ON SATURDAY. LEINS && .PREV DISCUSSION 1017 AM CDT UPDATES TO FORECAST FORTHCOMING TO INCLUDE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER UNTIL 3 PM...AND TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR MOST AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CENTRAL INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. MLCAPES THIS MORNING ALREADY AT OR ABOVE 3000 J/KG ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING...AND SATELLITE IMAGERY AND A LOOK OUT THE DOOR INDICATES DEVELOPING CU FIELD FROM CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PLEASANT HILL. STORMS THIS MORNING ARE DEVELOPING WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN SURFACE FRONT...WHICH IS STILL WELL NORTH OF KANSAS CITY ROUGHLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF FALLS CITY TO NEAR BETHANY. MUCH OF THIS AREA REMAINS CAPPED TO SURFACE DEVELOPMENT AT THE MOMENT. EXPECT TWO DISTINCT ROUNDS OF STORMS TODAY. THE FIRST WILL AFFECT MAINLY AREAS SOUTH OF I-70 THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLOODING RAIN AND SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT...WHEN WE TAP INTO THE BOUNDARY LAYER. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN QUITE HIGH...AND 12Z MODEL QPF INDICATIVE OF A WIDESPREAD 1-2 INCH RAIN EVENT LATER TONIGHT. HAVE HOISTED A FLOOD WATCH WITH THIS CONCERN IN MIND FOR TONIGHT. WILL ALSO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES...WHICH MAY FLIRT WITH THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALL COUNTIES. MO...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY LINE. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1241 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-281100- ...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...LIKELY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY LINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT SHOULD MINIMIZE THE THREAT FOR HAIL...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO PENNY OR QUARTER SIZE. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A CONCERN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THE ATMOSPHERE IS PRIMED WITH COPIOUS MOISTURE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL LIKELY BE COMMON TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-35...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO RAINFALL TRENDS LATER TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD THREATS...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105....MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY LINE. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX OR HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. HUDSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1113 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD PLATTE WOODS 39.23N 94.65W
08/27/2004 PLATTE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT GREEN HILLS AND 9 HIGHWAY AND
AT MELODY AND CROSSROADS.
&&
SCHMITPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1131 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0801 PM HAIL ROELAND PARK 39.04N 94.64W
08/27/2004 0.75 INCH JOHNSON KS PUBLIC
&&
SCHMITPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1139 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM FLASH FLOOD MISSION 39.03N 94.66W
08/27/2004 JOHNSON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
NORTHBOUND RAMP TO SOUTHWEST TRAFFICWAY CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. HIGHWAY REMAINS OPEN.
0840 PM FLASH FLOOD KANSAS CITY KS 39.12N 94.73W
08/27/2004 WYANDOTTE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSTATE 35 NEAR TURKEY CREEK CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER
ROADWAY.
&&
SCHMITPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1149 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1137 PM FLASH FLOOD TRENTON 40.08N 93.60W
08/27/2004 GRUNDY MO AMATEUR RADIO
MUDDY CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR TRENTON MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT AND THOMPSON CREEK OUT ITS BANKS NEAR CROWDER
STATE PARK.
1141 PM FLASH FLOOD TONGANOXIE 39.11N 95.08W
08/27/2004 LEAVENWORTH KS EMERGENCY MNGR
TONGANOXIE CREEK AND STRANGER CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
FROM TONGANOXIE DOWNSTREAM...NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER.
&&
SFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1155 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N BRAYMER 39.60N 93.80W
08/27/2004 CALDWELL MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS SIDE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.
CREEK NEAR HIGHWAY A NORTH OF BRAYMER BEGINNING TO COME
OUT OF BANKS ONTO ROADWAY.
&&
SCHMITPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1159 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 PM FLASH FLOOD RICHMOND 39.28N 93.97W
08/27/2004 RAY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERING CITY STREETS IN RICHMOND.
&&
SFThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:59 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding reported across portions of the area.
I-635 at the intersection of I-70 remains closed due to flash flooding.
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, August 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: 5420798, 5420799.