1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 Apr 23, 7:32 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 832 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES ABOVE A WARM FRONT OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT ALONG WITH INTENSE MASS/MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN 850-800MB CONTINUES TO AUGMENT THE RELATIVE LACK OF INSTABILITY. ACCORDING TO SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE AND 0Z SGF SOUNDING MUCAPES ARE GENERALLY AOB 250MB...HOWEVER SHEAR CONTINUES TO BE IMPRESSIVE WITHIN THE CLOUD BEARING LAYER. HODOGRAPH FROM 0Z SOUNDING IS LONG AND STRAIGHT FROM 2-6KM AGL...WHICH EXPLAINS THE OCCASIONAL CELL SPLIT. ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NO TORNADO THREAT GIVEN THE COLD AND VERY STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER...HOWEVER STORM SCALE ROTATION WILL LIKELY AUGMENT WEAK INSTABILITY AND ALLOW FOR SEVERE HAIL IN THE MORE INTENSE CELLS. FURTHER WEST...BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO CHARGE EASTWARD AT NEARLY 50 MPH. STORM IS CLEARLY ELEVATED...HOWEVER MUCH LIKE EARLIER TODAY SOME OF THE DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN PENETRATING THE COLD STABLE LAYER AND MAKING IT INTO THE SURFACE. DISTANCE SPEED TOOL HAS THIS STORM ENTERING WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY BY 02Z. RECENT LSR OUT OF ICT HAD 70MPH WIND GUST WITH THIS BOW...SO IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT INTO CHEROKEE AND POSSIBLY AS FAR EAST AS JASPER COUNTY. ELEVATED INSTABILITY DECREASES PAST HIGHWAY 71 SO WIND THREAT AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THE STORM ITSELF SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO MISSOURI. .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 6 AM. .KS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
810 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.
810 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY CONTAIN:
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH
AND WEST OF A NEVADA MISSOURI TO WEST PLAINS MISSOURI
LINE...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE REST OF THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY AT THE
RATE OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR LEADING TO FLOODING PROBLEMS. IN
ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. THE AIRMASS NEAR THE SURFACE IS
RELATIVELY COOL SO WHILE AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT...THE PRIMARY THREAT SHOULD BE HAIL. NO TORNADOES ARE
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
.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
BEING 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...
SPOTTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEST OF A BRANSON TO BOLIVAR LINE. IN
ADDITION...LAW ENFORCEMENT...OBSERVERS...AND SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
822 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM HAIL WHEATON 36.77N 94.07W
04/23/2004 0.88 INCH BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
MMTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
931 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0926 PM TSTM WND GST 4 S WEST MINERAL 37.22N 94.92W
04/23/2004 60 MPH CHEROKEE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1000 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TSTM WND GST SCAMMON 37.28N 94.82W
04/23/2004 60 MPH CHEROKEE KS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE.
MMTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1033 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND GST ASBURY 37.28N 94.62W
04/23/2004 60 MPH JASPER MO PUBLIC
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
GAEDEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1136 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM HAIL 4 W LOCKWOOD 37.38N 94.04W
04/23/2004 1.00 INCH DADE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
1120 PM HAIL GOLDEN CITY 37.40N 94.10W
04/23/2004 1.00 INCH BARTON MO PUBLIC
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
GAEDEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0122 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG MORRISVILLE 37.48N 93.43W
04/24/2004 POLK MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
bookbinderThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several farm roads and low water crossings were inundated with flash flood waters.
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: 5391688.