2 flash flood, 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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 2:41 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 341 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATS. ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PLAGUE SOUTHEAST KS AND SOUTHERN MO THIS AFTERNOON. BOW ECHO THAT MOVED THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WICHITA FORECAST AREA HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT BUT IS STILL PRODUCING NICKEL HAIL AND 50 MPH WIND GUSTS. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SOUTHWEST MO IN THE SHORT TERM. 850MB BOUNDARY SEEMS TO BE MOVING NORTHWARD WITH OTHER CONVECTION FIRING UP ALONG LOW LEVEL/NEAR SFC CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES. THIS NEW CONVECTION IS ROOTED CLOSER TO THE SFC AND CONCERN BECOMES ELEVATED SUPERCELLS GIVEN VEERING WIND PROFILE IN THE LOW LEVELS. HAVE BEEN SURPRISED THAT ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS BEEN AS STRONG AS IT HAS...BUT RUC INDICATES SOMEWHAT STEEPER MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES OVER EASTERN KS AND MO. SPC HAS ISSUED A WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. 850MB FLOW PROGGED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING...SO EXPECT A CONTINUATION OF ELEVATED CONVECTION. FLOODING AN OBVIOUS THREAT OVER SOUTHERN MO (SOUTH OF SGF) AND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ALREADY OUT. THE FINALE TO ALL THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE AS UPPER LOW OVER THE SW U.S. LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND SLOWLY WEAKENS AS TROUGH MOVING ONSHORE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HELPS KICKS IT OUT. WIND PROFILES OFF THE ETA SHOW EXCELLENT 0-3KM SR HELICITY...BRIEFLY OVER 400 M2/S2 EARLY SATURDAY AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BACK IN RESPONSE TO SFC LOW MOVING NNE THROUGH OK. BELIEVE ANY INSTABILITY DURING THAT TIME WILL BE ELEVATED. DIFFLUENT FLOW AT 300MB AND A CONTINUED (OR ACTUALLY INCREASED) LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INFLUX SHOULD SPELL A MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THREAT LATE SAT AND SATURDAY EVENING...AS LOW LEVEL FLOW INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO LOW DEEPENING AND MOVING THROUGH EASTERN KS. UPPER SW FLOW...WHILE NOT QUITE PARALLEL TO THE SFC BOUNDARY ALREADY HAVE A FLOOD WATCH GOING FOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES. AREAS ALONG THE AR BORDER ARE REALLY UNDER THE GUN GIVEN THE ALREADY HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ONGOING FLOODING. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST. INCREASED RAIN CHANCES SOMEWHAT (20 PERCENT) ON DAY 7 (THU) AS BROAD UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. AND FRONT APPROACHES. && .AVIATION... EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT OVER AR WILL KEEP CEILINGS LOW (LOW END MVFR OR IFR) FOR MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM. AS SFC LOW MOVES FROM TX TO EASTERN KS TONIGHT AND EARLY SAT...WINDS WILL VEER MORE TO THE SE. CEILINGS MAY NOT BE QUITE AS LOW SAT IF KSGF AND KJLN CAN GET INTO THE WARM SECTOR ON SAT. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN TIER OF MO COUNTIES AND FOR SOUTHERN MO COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 THROUGH SUN 600 AM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HERMITAGE TO KIMBERLING CITY. .KS...FLOOD WATCH FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100- 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. 100 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AREAS OF FLOODING LIKELY. POTENTIALLY SERIOUS FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE MAIN STORM THREATS LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: AREAS OF FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY IN COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY 71...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH OF MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY 60. ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS A STRONG CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVES EAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE MAIN STORM THREAT WILL BE HAIL..HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THE CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS CAN HOLD TOGETHER. ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN THREATS OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND LARGE HAIL. DISCUSSION: HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NORTH OF A STATIONARY BOUNDARY OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS LIKELY IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE ARKANSAS BORDER. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AS STRONG STORMS MOVE EAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. PERSONS PLANNING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON OZARK RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD PLAN FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND RAPIDLY RISING AND SWIFT RUNNING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN OVER CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TODAY AND MOVE NORTH INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT CAN OCCUR DURING THE DAY. EVEN IF MODEST INSTABILITY CAN OCCUR...FORECAST WIND PROFILES INDICATE THAT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. THE ADDTIONAL RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE ALSO URGED TO RELAY FLOOD REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DSA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
300 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
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0235 PM HAIL PITTSBURG 37.42N 94.70W
04/23/2004 0.88 INCH CRAWFORD KS BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
JLTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
315 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
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0245 PM TSTM WND GST 5 W NASHVILLE 37.38N 94.59W
04/23/2004 60 MPH BARTON MO PUBLIC
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
JLTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 323 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>103-240100- BARRY-BARTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-GREENE- HICKORY-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-NEWTON-POLK-ST. CLAIR-STONE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT... MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG... SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 323 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112...IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...GREENE...HICKORY... JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...POLK...ST. CLAIR...STONE AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TERRY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
443 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
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0435 PM HEAVY RAIN MONETT 36.92N 93.92W
04/23/2004 3.96 INCH BARRY MO CO-OP OBSERVER
ROADWAYS FLOODED.
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
450 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
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0443 PM FLOOD MONETT 36.92N 93.92W
04/23/2004 BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
BOYS STREET ON NORTH SIDE OF MONETT AND SOUTH SIDE RD.
ON SOUTH SIDE OF MONETT ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
459 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
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0455 PM FLOOD MONETT 36.92N 93.92W
04/23/2004 BARRY MO BROADCAST MEDIA
KELLY CREEK IN MONETT NEAR BANK FULL. REPORT FROM KRMO
RADIO.
ALThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Holtwood Road and Railey Creek Road were inundated with flash flooding.
Numerous roads and low water crossings were inundated with flash flooding near the community of Galena.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 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: 5391594, 5391593.