1 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 24, 1:31 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 231 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... BEEN A VERY BUSY MORNING HERE AS WE ARE WADING WAIST DEEP THROUGH FLOOD PRODUCTS. FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SO WILL LET THE FLOOD WATCH LINGER A COUPLE MORE HOURS UNTIL THE LAST OF THE CONVECTION CLEARS THAT AREA THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION WILL BE SOMEWHAT ABBREVIATED TODAY WITH ONGOING FLOOD/SEVERE CONCERNS. SURFACE CYCLONE WEST OF TOPEKA KS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND ATTEMPT TO DRAG A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CWA BY EVENING. THUS FAR HEATING HAS BEEN LIMITED IN THE WARM SECTOR AS EXTENSIVE CIRRUS SHIELD HAS ALLOWED THE CAP TO HOLD STRONG. STRONGEST FORCING AND WEAKEST CONVECTIVE INHIBITION SHOULD STAY NORTH AND WEST OF OUR CWA THROUGH THIS EVENING AND SUSPECT THAT DRYLINE/COLD FRONT WILL MAKE IT THROUGH FREE OF ANY PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...HAVING SAID THAT...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY DOES SHOW SOME CUMULUS TRYING TO BUBBLE UP UNDERNEATH THE CIRRUS OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN KS. IF ANY STORMS DO FORM THIS FAR SOUTH THEN THEY COULD GO SEVERE...SO FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO AT LEAST KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS GOING WESTERN CWA THIS EVENING. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR EASTERN COUNTIES SHOULD COME TO AN END AS WELL BY MIDNIGHT. AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS TONIGHT WE SHOULD ENTER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TRANQUIL WEATHER...WHICH I AM SURE WATER SOAKED AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE. BUMPED TEMPERATURES UPWARD SOME MIDWEEK AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS. MAY NOT HAVE NUDGED TEMPS UP ENOUGH...BUT DIDNT WANT TO GET TO CARRIED AWAY JUST YET. MODELS STILL HAVE A FRONT PENCILED IN FOR A FRIDAY VISIT TO THE REGION SO KEPT POPS GOING DURING THAT TIME FRAME. OTHERWISE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. IZZI && .AVIATION... UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STILL A CHANCE THAT SOME CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY COULD DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE TAFS. EXPECT CEILINGS TO BECOME VFR AROUND 06Z WITH ONLY SCATTERED CLOUDS AFTER 12Z. GAEDE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A large complex of showers and thunderstorms affected much of Texas County during the morning hours of the 24th. The low water crossing at Peters Creek and Ranch Road was washed away from 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: 5391788.