1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 20, 2:55 AM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 255 AM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS CHANCE OF PRECIP/CONVECTION IN BOTH SHORT AND LONGER TERM. MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO ON GOING FORECAST. TODAY AND TONIGHT HAVE LOWERED CHANCE OF PRECIP FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. THERE IS DECENT ISENTROPIC LIFT AT THE 305 THETA SURFACE BUT MOISTURE IS LACKING AT THE MID LEVELS...BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION AND PRECIP WILL BE TO OUR SOUTH EAST IN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. THINK WE WILL REMAIN CAPPED THROUGH THE MORNING. TEMPS WILL FALL TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS KANSAS. SUN-MON HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES IN YET AGAIN WITH NORTHWEST FLOW FOR SUNDAY...ONGOING TEMP FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. LOWERED POPS FOR MON MORNING..THINK ANY PRECIP WILL STAY TO OUR NORTHEAST AS INDICATED BY GFS ISENTROPIC 305 SURFACE...LIMITED UPGLIDE AND LITTLE MOISTURE DECREASE CHANCE OF CONVECTION AND SHOWERS. TUES-FRIDAY MODELS CONTINUE TO PRONG UPPER LEVEL ZONAL FLOW BY TUES...INTRODUCED SMALL POPS FOR WEDS WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MOISTURE AVAILABLE..LEE SIDE TROUGHING AND ZONAL FLOW PREDOMINATE FOR THE LATER PERIODS...SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL PROPAGATE ACROSS CWA WEDS-FRIDAY..AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECIP BUT NO STRONG FORCING INDICATED...DONT ANTICIPATE SEVERE WEATHER ATT..OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS LOW... && WICHITA 66 37 54 34 / 10 0 5 10 HUTCHINSON 64 35 53 34 / 10 0 5 10 NEWTON 65 36 53 33 / 10 0 5 10 ELDORADO 66 36 54 33 / 10 0 5 10 STROTHER FIELD 68 40 56 34 / 10 0 5 10 RUSSELL 59 30 50 33 / 10 0 5 10 GREAT BEND 62 33 53 34 / 10 0 5 10 SALINA 61 33 50 32 / 10 0 5 10 MCPHERSON 63 35 51 33 / 10 0 5 10 COFFEYVILLE 71 41 57 35 / 10 0 5 10 CHANUTE 68 37 53 34 / 10 0 5 10 IOLA 67 36 52 33 / 10 0 5 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 8/KREYENHAGEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 250 AM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 250 AM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS MIGHT BE SEVERE SO STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ICT/HWO/HWOICT.HTM MEK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Unspecified damage to mobile home. Carport blown over, downing adjacent power lines.
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, March 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: 5389728.