1 strong wind, 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 May 13, 3:18 AM CST, 7 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 418 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE DURATION AND AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. LATER PERIODS ARE TEMPERATURE TRENDS FOLLOWED BY PRECIPITATION CHANCES SUNDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SURFACE FRONT AROUND 08Z SAGGING FROM AROUND TOPEKA ACROSS THE EMPORIA VICINITY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KS. UPPER LOW STILL PUSHING THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE ENERGY BEING EJECTED AHEAD OF FEATURE. UPPER ENERGY AND OVERRUNNING OF FRONT CONTRIBUTING TO MCS OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF STATE. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OVER THE CWA WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AFTERNOON HOURS SHOULD SEE CHANCES DIMINISH OVER THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES WHILE CONTINUING OVER THE EAST AS MAIN UPPER WAVE COMES EAST. SOME POTENTIAL STILL FOR SEVERE FAR SOUTHEAST BUT DEPENDS ON PRECIP TRENDS. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH GIVEN EXPECTED RAINFALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE HAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL BUT FLASH FLOOD INDICES IN THE 2 PLUS RANGE. TEMPERATURES A CHALLENGE TODAY AS EXPECT COOLER AIR TO CONTINUE SAGGING SOUTH. HIGHS MAINLY THIS MORNING MOST AREAS. FOR TONIGHT CONTINUED LIKELY POPS OVER THE EAST CENTRAL WITH PRECIP CHANCES ENDING OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL DURING THE EVENING. TIME SECTIONS SHOWING CONSIDERABLY LOW LEVEL RH OVER THE EASTERN 3/4THS OF CWA...SO MOSTLY CLOUDY. THE NORTH CENTRAL COULD SEE SOME BREAKS AND TEMPS DOWN INTO THE 36-38 DEGREE RANGE. COUNTING ON SOME CLOUDS AND WINDS. DAY SHIFT MAY HAVE WATCH FOR POSSIBILITY OF FROST IF CLOUD AND WIND TRENDS DIFFER. LOWS IN THE MID 40S OVER THE EAST CENTRAL. LEFT FRIDAY DRY FOR NOW BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME PRECIP LINGERS EARLY IN THE A FEW OF THE EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES. COOLER. HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 60S PER GUIDANCE. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FRIDAY NIGHT AND THINK MODELS MAY BE RETURNING FLOW TO SOON. FAVORED THE COOLER MET/MAV LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY FLOW TURNS MORE ZONAL ALOFT WHILE SURFACE TROUGHING SETS UP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S FOR HIGHS. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...ECMWF AND GFS AT ODDS IN TIMING OF IMPULSES WITH THE GFS STRONGER ON FEATURE ON MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. GIVEN UNCERTAINTY KEPT GOING FORECAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BETTER LOOKING FEATURE FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY ON GFS AND KEPT THE GOING 30 POPS. TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S FOR HIGHS...LOWS MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED THROUGH NOON TODAY...MAINLY NORTH OF AN ABILENE TO JUNCTION CITY TO HOLTON LINE. && PF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1057 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-141000- 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 1056 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && 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 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Short lived strong winds destroyed a 60 foot by 64 foot barn 8 miles southeast of Ottawa.
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, May 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: 5399077.