1 heavy rain, 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 24, 1:50 AM CST, 3 hours 59 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
600 AM 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.
600 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
...POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
NUMEROUS 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 IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.
DISCUSSION:
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER OKLAHOMA AND MOVE NORTH INTO
EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL PUSH INTO THE PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW A
WARM FRONT OVER ARKANSAS TO LIFT NORTH AND APPROACH THE AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT WILL BE
DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT OCCURS DURING THE DAY.
EVEN IF MODEST INSTABILITY DEVELOPS...FORECAST WIND PROFILES
INDICATE THAT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY SERIOUS
FLOODING THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION
...LAW ENFORCEMENT...OBSERVERS...AND SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER
WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF
FOSTERPRELIMINARY 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.
bookbinderSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 203 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088>090-093>095-101>104-240732- BARRY-BARTON-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-GREENE-JASPER-LAWRENCE- MCDONALD-NEWTON-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRANSON...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON... NEOSHO...OZARK...PITTSBURG AND SPRINGFIELD. 203 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME OF REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0220 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM TSTM WND DMG MORRISVILLE 37.48N 93.43W
04/24/2004 POLK MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. REPORTED BY
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE.
BOOKBINDERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement measured a 24 hour rainfall amount of 4.25 inches.
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: 5391527.