2 tornado, 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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 1:43 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 243 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY WATCHING THE SURFACE LOW MOVE SLOWLY INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. DRY SLOT WITH THIS LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALSO. NEAR THE CENTER OF THE LOW THE SUN IS GETTING THROUGH AND HAS ALLOWED SOME TOWERS TO GO UP. HOWEVER...ALL THE CLOUDS AHEAD OF THIS HAS PREVENTED DESTABILIZATION IN EAX CWA. MOST OF OUR SEVERE POTENTIAL WEIGHS HEAVILY ON ANY HEATING WE CAN GET IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH IT DRAGS A WARM FRONT THROUGH THE CWA ...THUS SHEAR PROFILES LOOK GOOD. HAVE CONTINUED CHANCE POPS FOR MAINLY THE EVENING HOURS...AND WILL WAIT TO SEE IF WE CAN BREAK THROUGH THIS CAP. THE SURFACE LOW SLIDES AWAY ON SUNDAY. SHOULD SEE CLOUDS CLEAR DURING THE DAY WITH DECENT DRYING BEHIND IT. NOT A LOT OF COLD AIR WITH IT...SO HIGHS SHOULD MAKE IT BACK UP INTO THE 60S IN THE AFTERNOON. THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK FEATURES HIGH PRESSURE AND A SLOW WARMING TREND WITH GUIDANCE NUMBERS AND GOING FORECAST ON TRACK. IN THE EXTENDED...EMPHASIS IS ON THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE RIDGE IN THE SOUTHWEST BREAKS DOWN. IN THE LAST 3 RUNS...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN BRINGING DOWN A COLD FRONT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HOWEVER THE TIMING HAS BEEN RATHER INCONSISTENT. THE GENERAL TREND HAS BEEN TO SPEED THE SYSTEM UP...SO HAVE INTRODUCED POPS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FRIDAY. THIS IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE GFS/CANADIAN/ECMWF. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOUGH DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT. FOR NOW...HAVE CONTINUED THE WARMING TREND THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH MAIN FRONT COMING THROUGH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. LVQ && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 1103 AM SAT... WENT AHEAD AND CANCELED FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY. REALLY HEAVY RAIN DID NOT MATERIALIZE THIS MORNING AND EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...THINK THEY WILL MOVE QUICK ENOUGH TO PREVENT A WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN SITUATION. BIG QUESTION ON WHETHER STORMS CAN DEVELOP. NEW ETA RUN IS STILL SHOWING DRY SLOT MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA BY 00Z. TEMPERATURES NEED TO HEAT UP TO LOWER 70S TO GET SOMETHING THROUGH THE CAP...SO WILL BE A REAL RACE TO HEAT UP ENOUGH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH APRIL SUNSHINE. HAVE MY DOUBTS. WILL SEE WHAT SPC HAS TO SAY WITH THEIR NOONTIME UPDATE BUT WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDER GOING IN MY GRIDDED DATA AT THIS POINT. PC 330 AM SAT... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SEVERE WEATHER/HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EJECTING UPPER LOW VISIBLE IN EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE INCREASING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AS ASCENT/UPPER DIFFLUENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADVANCING SYSTEM INCREASES. ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW IS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA/SOUTHEAST KANSAS/SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING...AND LIFT NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING HOW FAR NORTH/WEST THE LOW WILL MOVE TODAY. THE GFS CONTINUES TO TREND TOWARD THE MORE CONSISTENT ETA SOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO THE SURFACE FEATURES. WILL THEREFORE LEAN TOWARD THE ETA...WITH THE SURFACE LOW CENTER ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD PLACE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA IN THE WARM SECTOR...WHERE BOTH MODELS FORECAST A DRY SLOT THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE RAISED TEMPS IN THIS REGION...BUT WILL BE CONSERVATIVE AT THIS POINT DUE TO THE POSITIONAL UNCERTAINTY OF THE FRONT. IF ADEQUATE CLEARING AND RESULTANT DESTABILIZATION OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON...SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION WILL BE LIKELY...WITH ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO SUPPORT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. THE DRY INTRUSION FORECAST ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL LIKELY REDUCE THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT IN THE CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AXIS IS FORECAST OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. WILL MAINTAIN THE SAME AREA FOR THE FLOOD WATCH (AREAS JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF KANSAS CITY)...WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES REMAIN LOW. PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST. ONLY TWEAKS WERE MADE PAST SUNDAY. SCHMIT && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. EFFECTIVE JUNE 8, 2004...THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER /PID/ FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL CHANGE FROM AFDMCI TO AFDEAX. THE WMO HEADER WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ANY NEEDED CHANGES ARE COMPLETED BY JUNE 8, 2004
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1253 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-251100- ...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. DRIER AIR MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 5 PM SHOULD CLEAR SKIES ENOUGH TO ALLOW SUNSHINE TO BREAK THROUGH. AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE AREA LIFTS THROUGH EAST KANSAS...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL QUICKLY DESTABILIZE SETTING THE STAGE FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. IF THEY CAN DEVELOP...THEY WOULD MOVE NORTHEAST RATHER RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...BUT AS THE SUN SETS THE INSTABILITY WILL BE DECREASING SO THE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. INITIALLY THE STORMS MAY DEVELOP AS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WOULD BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX OR HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. PC
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief landspout tornado. Tore off part of a metal roof from a local business.
Brief tornado touchdown caught on video near exit 116 on I-29.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 2004Warnings 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: 5391203, 5391204.