2 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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 1:54 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 254 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... FORECAST CHALLENGES TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE CHANCES OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS. THE LARGE MCS IS MOSTLY GONE, HOWEVER A LINE OF TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS HAS SET UP ALONG AN H85 FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM HAMILTON, GRANT, AND HASKELL COUNTIES. THERE HAS BEEN A SLOW DRIFT SOUTHWARD, BUT VERY SLOW. MAY NEED TO ISSUE A FEW FLOOD WARNINGS IF THEY PERSIST. OTHERWISE A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY WITH HIGH DEWPOINTS IN NORTHEAST WINDS. UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE STILL AROUND SO WILL HAVE A 20 TO 40 POP TO COVER WITH THE HIGHEST POP IN THE SOUTHWEST CWA. THEN TONIGHT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE COMES IN UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT, SO WILL GO WITH A 30 TO 40 POP TO COVER. THE VORT AND PRECIP SHOULD END AROUND 12Z IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER NEAR MEDICINE LODGE. FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT LOOK FOR PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN. AS FOR TEMPS CURRENT GRIDS LOOK GOOD, AND HAVE BUMPED UP HIGHS A BIT ON TUESDAY. DAYS 3-7... A RATHER COOL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAY 7 AS A STRONG BLOCKING RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACROSS WESTERN CANADA, WITH VERY LOW HEIGHTS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. A SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES WILL COME ONSHORE INTO CALIFORNIA, WITH MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW UNDERCUTTING THE RIDGE AND PROGRESSING INLAND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. WHILE THE TEMPERATURE FCST IS RATHER STRAIGHTFORWARD, THE PRECIP FCST IS VERY CHALLENGING. ORDINARILY WITH STRONG SFC RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS WE WOULD EXPECT FAIR WEATHER. BUT, GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES, SOME WEAK LEE TROUGHING IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES COULD ALLOW FOR MOISTURE TRANSPORT UP THROUGH EASTERN NM AND EASTERN CO, AND THIS IS FAVORABLE FOR MCS ACTIVITY ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. WILL KEEP THE PRECIP FCST AS IS FOR NOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE SURROUNDING OFFICES ARE FAIRLY DRY, AND SINCE CONFIDENCE IS LOW. BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO ADD POPS IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES FOR THIS WEEKEND. WEAK WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE ROCKIES SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH DAYS 8-9, WITH A GRADUAL WARMUP. BUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOISTURE CONVERGENT AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES. THERE IS STILL NO SIGN IN ANY OF THE MODELS OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN THE PRECIP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 78 57 81 60 / 20 30 00 00 GCK 76 55 81 58 / 20 30 00 00 EHA 80 57 81 58 / 40 40 00 00 LBL 80 57 80 59 / 40 40 00 00 HYS 76 56 82 60 / 20 30 00 00 P28 82 60 82 63 / 20 40 00 00 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. && 06/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 508 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2004 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-211100- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON- HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT- RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- 508 AM CDT (408 AM MDT) SUN JUN 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT AND THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THERE MAY ALSO BE A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE ALONG THE WARM FRONT. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT FEATURE BY LATER THIS EVENING WITH A CHANCE OF LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO PRATT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN LOCAL AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS, ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. 06
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1048 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0913 PM TSTM WND GST INGALLS 37.83N 100.45W
06/20/2004 60 MPH GRAY KS BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
15SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1136 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2004 KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-210500- CLARK-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON-HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE- MEADE-MORTON-NESS-SCOTT-SEWARD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- 1136 PM CDT (1036 PM MDT) SUN JUN 20 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 501 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE WATCH AREA BY MIDNIGHT. A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE WATCH WAS FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND TO THE COLORADO BORDER. 06
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1151 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM HAIL 17 S MINNEOLA 37.20N 100.01W
06/20/2004 1.00 INCH CLARK KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
MBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1206 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1136 PM HAIL CEDAR BLUFF 38.78N 99.73W
06/20/2004 1.25 INCH TREGO KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
FINCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1215 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0849 PM HAIL 4 SE MEADE 37.24N 100.29W
06/20/2004 0.75 INCH MEADE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0850 PM HAIL 4 SE MEADE 37.24N 100.29W
06/20/2004 0.88 INCH MEADE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0858 PM TSTM WND GST 10 S SYRACUSE 37.84N 101.75W
06/20/2004 75 MPH HAMILTON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
70-80 MPH WINDS REPORTED
0900 PM TSTM WND GST SYRACUSE 37.98N 101.75W
06/20/2004 67 MPH HAMILTON KS MESONET
0905 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SYRACUSE 37.98N 101.75W
06/20/2004 67 MPH HAMILTON KS BROADCAST MEDIA
KSN WEATHER LAB PROVIDED DATA
0913 PM TSTM WND GST 17 WSW LAKIN 37.85N 101.55W
06/20/2004 67 MPH HAMILTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0913 PM TSTM WND GST INGALLS 37.83N 100.45W
06/20/2004 60 MPH GRAY KS BROADCAST MEDIA
0920 PM HAIL 17 S MINNEOLA 37.20N 100.01W
06/20/2004 1.00 INCH CLARK KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0920 PM HAIL 17 S MINNEOLA 37.20N 100.01W
06/20/2004 1.00 INCH CLARK KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1136 PM HAIL CEDAR BLUFF 38.78N 99.73W
06/20/2004 1.25 INCH TREGO KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
15SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 300 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-210815- BARBER-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-KIOWA-PAWNEE-PRATT-RUSH-STAFFORD- 300 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 AM... ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Street flooding was reported in Sublette and Satanta where water was curb-to-curb
Water was flowing over 7 mile road at a location 8 miles east of Ulysses
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: 5408024, 5408025.