3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 Jun 15, 2:53 AM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 353 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 .DISCUSSION... PRECIP CHANCES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE THE INITIAL CONCERNS. NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES IN NORTHERN H500 STREAM WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SEVERAL SPOTS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS DURING THE NIGHT...AND WITH MORE BEARING DOWN IN THE SHORT TERM THIS MORNING...ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 3 PM TO CATCH ANY RUNOFF FROM THE MORNING STORMS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO TAPER OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE MORNING WITH ONLY THE NORTHERN COUNTIES HAVING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ANY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. BY TONIGHT...A CUTOFF H500 LOW OVER EASTERN TEXAS WILL BE DRIFTING TO THE NORTH...HELPING TO BUCKLE THE UPPER FLOW AND HOLD THE NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY TO MAINLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS IS WHERE A SIMILAR EPISODE AS THIS MORNING IS AGAIN EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASING DURING THE NIGHT WITH STORMS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHCENTRAL COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. DEPENDING ON RAINFALL REPORTS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIP BEFORE NOON...ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAYBE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. INTERACTION OF THE NORTHERN STREAM AND THE CLOSED LOW MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH SHOULD CREATE INSTABILITY FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST TO A SLIGHT CHANCE ON THURSDAY. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 3 PM GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 402 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-151000- 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 402 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
209 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM HAIL JUNCTION CITY 39.03N 96.83W
06/15/2004 1.00 INCH GEARY KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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36PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
210 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0157 AM HAIL JUNCTION CITY 39.03N 96.83W
06/15/2004 0.88 INCH GEARY KS EMERGENCY MNGR
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36PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
212 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 S JUNCTION CITY 39.00N 96.83W
06/15/2004 GEARY KS EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER ROADS.
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36PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
227 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 AM HAIL 5 SE JUNCTION CITY 38.98N 96.77W
06/15/2004 1.75 INCH GEARY KS EMERGENCY MNGR
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36SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 342 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 KSZ034>040-054>056-058-059-151400- ANDERSON-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY-LYON-MORRIS-OSAGE- OTTAWA-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...EMPORIA...JUNCTION CITY... LAWRENCE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 342 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 476 REMAINS IN EFFECT... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... OTTAWA GEARY SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE DICKINSON DOUGLAS MORRIS OSAGE LYON FRANKLIN COFFEY ANDERSON SOME CITIES STILL IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... EMPORIA OTTAWA ABILENE LAWRENCE JUNCTION CITY TOPEKA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
345 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW RANDOLPH 39.44N 96.77W
06/15/2004 RILEY KS TRAINED SPOTTER
CREEK IN FRONT OF HOUSE WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS
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WOLTERSThe Topeka radar (KTWX), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:03 UTC.
3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains produced flash flooding that did crop damage near Alta Vista.
Strong winds damaged several outbuildings and silos.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding with 8 inches of water over a road.
Heavy rains of 6 to 10 inches produced flash flooding near Alta Vista.
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, June 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: 5406252, 5406253, 5406254, 5406255, 5406256, 5406257.