1 flash flood, 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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 7:28 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 828 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... IN THE VERY NEAR TERM...850MB LOW LEVEL FLOW INDICATES MAXIMIZED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE AR BORDER. ELEVATED CAPE OF OF OVER 1000 J/KG OFF META SOUNDINGS FROM 925MB...WITH A DECENT VEERING WIND PROFILE WITH HEIGHT FROM 0-2KM. COULD SEE SOME SEVERE HAIL WITH STORMS MOVING INTO SW MO FROM AR. ALREADY ANOTHER WARNING OUT. WILL ALSO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY ISSUING/REISSUING FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES THROUGH SAT. DSA && .AVIATION... A SATURATED AIRMASS AND AN EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL KEEP IFR CEILINGS OF 400 TO 800 FEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. THE CLOUD DECK WILL GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE 1000 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON BUT OVERCAST SKIES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF PARTIAL CLEARING WILL OCCUR FARTHER NORTH IN THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AND ROLLA AREAS. AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF SPRINGFIELD THIS MORNING WHERE VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ONE MILE IN HEAVY RAIN. FOSTER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM FOR HOWELL...OZARK AND OREGON COUNTIES. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-231800- 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. 600 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER THIS MORNING. FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL AFFECT FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY END ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE OZARKS REGION AND INTERACTS WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO SPRINGFIELD AND HOUSTON. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING...ESPECIALY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARE ENCOURAGE TO RELAY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0911 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 AM HAIL CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
04/23/2004 0.75 INCH BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1245 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1244 PM FLASH FLOOD CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
04/23/2004 BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FR2185 MINERAL SPRGS, AND HIGHWAYS 39 FLAT CREEK NEAR
MCDOWELL, 76 AND 50 ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING WATER.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WDThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several low water crossings and low lying areas along and near the Elk River and Big Sugar Creek were inundated with flash flooding.
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: 5391597.