1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 27, 3:50 PM CST, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 450 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004 .DISCUSSION... HAVE CONTINUED EARLIER FORECAST PRETTY MUCH UNCHANGED. MAIN CONCERNS CONTINUE WITH SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT NEXT 12 HOURS. HAVE BASED FORECAST PRETTY MUCH ON LATEST ETA FORECAST. VERY IMPRESSIVE PRECIPITABLE WATER TOTALS OF UP TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. SOME TRAINING ECHOES LIKELY AS WELL SO HAVE HOISTED A FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS OF EASTERN CWA TONIGHT. ONE HOUR FF TOTALS LESS THAN 1.5 INCHES A FEW COUNTIES. SEVERE THREAT...MAINLY WIND AND TO A LESSER EXTENT HAIL...SHOULD BE IN THE PICTURE EARLY IN THE EVENING...BUT COUPLED JETS FORECAST LATER THIS EVENING SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT. FOLLOWING LEAD OF ETA AND H7 FLOW...SHOULD SEE AN END TO PRECIP LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FORNN SATURDAY...AS BEST LIFT SHIFTS EAST OF AREA. CLOUDS MAY LINGER A WHILE BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE AN END TO PRECIPITATION OVER ALL THE CWA BY SUNRISE. HOWEVER, I HAVE MAINTAINED LOWER POPS IN THE MORNING SOUTHEAST HALF OF CWA PER EARLIER FORECAST...THEN BANKING ON CLOUDS BREAKING PER BUFKIT SOUNDINGS. IF SO, SHOULD BE NICE RECOVERY TO AROUND 80 DEGREES MOST AREAS. A LITTLE WARMER TEMPERATURES SHOULD COMMENCE ON SOUTHERLY FLOW BY SUNDAY BUT FORECAST INTO NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE SLOW CHANGING...GRADUALLY WARMER...AND DRY. AGAIN, WAVE INTO THE HIGH PLAINS MIDWEEK...IF VERIFYING...SHOULD NOT HAVE MUCH IF ANY EFFECT ON THE WEATHER IN OUR CWA. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM VALLEY FALLS AND TOPEKA TO EMPORIA. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1246 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-281000- ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA- POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN... MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 1246 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A HAZARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ESPECIALLY DOUGLAS COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THE REST OF TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE) WOLTERS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
804 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0753 PM TSTM WND GST NORTONVILLE 39.41N 95.33W
08/27/2004 60 MPH JEFFERSON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
807 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0756 PM HAIL READING 38.52N 95.95W
08/27/2004 0.75 INCH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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SMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
831 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL OSKALOOSA 39.22N 95.31W
08/27/2004 1.00 INCH JEFFERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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SMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
839 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0838 PM HAIL LYNDON 38.61N 95.68W
08/27/2004 0.75 INCH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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SMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
906 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0902 PM BLIZZARD LAWRENCE 38.97N 95.24W
08/27/2004 DOUGLAS KS COUNTY OFFICIAL
SOME STREETS IN LAWRENCE FLOODING
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SMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
906 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0902 PM FLASH FLOOD LAWRENCE 38.97N 95.24W
08/27/2004 DOUGLAS KS COUNTY OFFICIAL
SOME STREETS IN LAWRENCE FLOODING
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SMBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains produced flooding in Douglas county for a number of hours and were closed for a time. Highway 56 near Baldwin City had 4 feet of water over it for a time. East 1400 Road also had 4 feet of water over it for a time and was closed.
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: 5417603.