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 24, 1:50 AM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 250 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ...HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL OF SEVERE STORMS TO CONTINUE TODAY... .DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION EARLY SATURDAY IN A WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME AHEAD OF A DEEP UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER COLORADO. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WAS DEVELOPING IN THE RED RIVER REGION WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS. STRONG DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.25 INCHES HAS SUPPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE CONTINUED TO ADD UP ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHERE THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS INCREASING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC DATA ANALYSIS SHOWS TWO DISTINCT SHORTWAVES PIN-WHEELING AROUND THE COLORADO UPPER LOW. THE FIRST WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND THE OTHER WAS SWINGING THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND DEEP MOISTURE PLUME WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THROUGH TODAY. THE QUESTION CENTERS ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WHICH WILL BE HIGHLY CONDITIONAL ON CLOUD COVER AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY. MODELS DIFFER TO SOME EXTENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE LOW TODAY WITH THE ETA MODEL MORE AGGRESSIVE IN LIFTING THE LOW NORTH NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE UPPER PATTERN WOULD SUPPORT THE LOW LIFTING NORTH BUT THIS MAY BE AUGMENTED BY MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES. I WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS WHICH SUGGEST MORE OF AN INVERTED TROUGH. THE ONGOING CONVECTION AND CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY LIMIT INSTABILITY BUT THIS WILL BE OFFSET TO SOME DEGREE BY STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS. MESOSCALE FEATURES AND EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL HAVE TO MONITORED CLOSELY TODAY. IF THE WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO THE AREA AND ANY CLEARING DEVELOPS THEN SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WOULD INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. IN ANY EVENT...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. I MAY EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH BASED ON LATEST ON RADAR TRENDS. CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL SETTLE INTO THE OZARKS REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A MORE AMPLIFIED UPPER PATTERN AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOLLOWS THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM. && .AVIATION... MVFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL TODAY. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY LOWERED TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES IN HEAVY RAIN. && .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 FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY. FOSTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1252 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241800-
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.
1252 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
...MAJOR FLOODING IN PROGRESS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY CONTAIN:
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...EAST OF A WEST PLAINS TO SALEM LINE THIS AFTERNOON.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF AN ANDERSON TO WARSAW LINE.
DISCUSSION:
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RAINFALL WILL FURTHER
AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION. ALSO...ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS
BAND OF RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
FURTHER WEST TOWARD THE KANSAS MISSOURI BORDER THERE IS A
CONDITIONAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY IT WOULD APPEAR AS THOUGH CLOUD COVER WILL
PREVENT THE ATMOSPHERE FROM BECOMING UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...IF CLOUDINESS THINS ENOUGH TO
ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE...THEN ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO FORM OVER WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD QUICKLY WEAKEN SHORTLY
AFTER SUNSET.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK ON
MANY OF THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI. SPOTTERS MAY ALSO BE NEEDED OVER FAR WESTERN MISSOURI
AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER
WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF
IZZISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1212 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 MOZ097-106-250100- HOWELL-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST PLAINS. 1212 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 118...IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: HOWELL AND OREGON. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST PLAINS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS...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 THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && GAEDE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
127 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM FLOOD WINONA 37.02N 91.33W
04/24/2004 SHANNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOUR PLACES ON HIGHWAY H CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
HIGHWAYS NN, MM, W, AND HIGHWAY T SOUTH OF TERESITA ALL
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
130 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM FLOOD 3 SW WEST PLAINS 36.70N 91.89W
04/24/2004 HOWELL MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY K CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. HIGHWAY 142 CLOSED IN
4 PLACES DUE TO FLOODING.
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
135 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FLOOD 2 W ROCKAWAY BEACH 36.70N 93.21W
04/24/2004 TANEY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 176 AND MOLLY LANE INTERSECTION CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 176 AND HIGHWAY 160
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
137 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FLOOD 1 N NORWOOD 37.13N 92.43W
04/24/2004 WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY E UNDER WATER.
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
138 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FLOOD 1 SW HARTVILLE 37.24N 92.53W
04/24/2004 WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LONDON RD. NEAR HARTVILLE UNDER WATER.
ALThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding inundated a section of Highway 126...west of the Highway 71 and 126 intersection.
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: 5391787.