1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 6:10 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 710 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... AFTER LOOKING AT 00Z SGF SOUNDING AND COORDINATION WITH SPC HAVE DECIDED TO REMOVE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH. 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS DECENT CAP DEVELOPING AROUND 800 TO 850 MB AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA AT THAT LEVEL. HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED POPS BACK INTO THE 30 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE FOR TONIGHT WITH HIGHEST POPS TO THE NORTH AROUND THE FRONT. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES NORTH OF A NEVADA TO SALEM LINE. KS...NONE. LINDENBERG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
855 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271100-
BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-
DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-
LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-
POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...
PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
855 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
TONIGHT...HOWEVER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO SALEM LINE. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
MAINLY CENTRAL MISSOURI.
DISCUSSION:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A
LOW LEVEL JET ENHANCES CONVERGENCE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
STALLED OUT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO...MAINLY BEFORE 11 PM.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS COULD LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST BACK INTO THE REGION
WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM MOVING
THROUGH THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY WILL PROVIDE AN
ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR STORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING.
DSA/IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1246 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1033 PM TORNADO ROSCOE 37.97N 93.82W
05/26/2004 ST.CLAIR MO EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** UPDATE. SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED. TRAILER
TURNED OVER. 1 INJURY REPORTED...NO SPECIFICS AT THIS
TIME. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
BOOKBINDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1252 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1249 AM HAIL 1 N WALNUT 37.61N 95.08W
05/27/2004 1.50 INCH CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
BOOKBINDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0100 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 AM HAIL HEPLER 37.67N 94.97W
05/27/2004 1.00 INCH CRAWFORD KS PUBLIC
HAIL 2 INCHES DEEP REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER WEATHER
OBSERVER.
BOOKBINDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0107 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N FARLINGTON 37.65N 94.83W
05/27/2004 CRAWFORD KS PUBLIC
WIND DAMAGE REPORTED WITH ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH.
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL.
BOOKBINDERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 114 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 MOZ089-270715- DADE- 114 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR DADE COUNTY... A LARGE AND VERY DANGEROUS TORNADIC SUPERCELL OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY KANSAS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST SOUTHEASTWARD...AND IF IT MAINTAINS ITS CURRENT INTENSITY THEN IT WILL ENTER WESTERN DADE COUNTY BY 215 AM. PERSONS IN DADE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR A TORNADO. IN ADDITION...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OR LARGER AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. IZZI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0115 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM TSTM WND GST 4 W ARMA 37.53N 94.77W
05/27/2004 60 MPH CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0110 AM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 W ARMA 37.53N 94.74W
05/27/2004 CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
STORM SPOTTERS TRACKING A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN GIRARD
AND ARMA.
BOOKBINDERThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:14 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a small tornado briefly touched down north of Girard. Several trees were downed...however...no structural damage occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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