1 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 1:27 PM CST, 11 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 227 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS ARE RAIN CHANCES AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN RAIN CHANCES AGAIN LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THEN ANOTHER CHANCE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. UPPER LOW DRIFTING EAST OVER THE AREA WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES GOING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE IT EXITS THE AREA. FOR TONIGHT...WILL GO SCATTERED WORDING FOR THE WHOLE CWA BASED ON LATEST SATELLITE AND 88-D MOSAIC TRENDS. ALTHOUGH GROUND CONDITIONS ARE REASONABLY WET...SCATTERED NATURE TO THE CONVECTION DOES NOT SEEM TO WARRANT THE NEED FOR ANY HEADLINES. SEVERAL UPPER WAVES ENTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE WEST SUNDAY AND COUPLED WITH A FAVORABLE SURFACE PATTERN WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION TO THE CWA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL LAST INTO MONDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN TURNS UNFAVORABLE FOR PRECIPITATION AS UPPER WAVES FORCE FRONTAL SYSTEM THROUGH THE CWA WITH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR ENTERING THE PICTURE. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION RETURNS TO THE CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS RETURN TO A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...HIGHS FRIDAY SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S WARMING TO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. HOWEVER...AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION PRESENT WILL BE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WITH SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS POSSIBLE IN LATER FORECASTS...PARTICULARLY NEXT WEEK. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 334 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-021000- 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 334 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH AND ANY OBSERVED FLOODING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flooding in Manhattan. Some streets were reported in flood. In 2 places cars were reported floating in streets.
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, July 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: 5406224.