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 Aug 28, 10:50 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1150 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION HAD INTENSIFIED AT LATE MORNING ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER WHERE AMPLE HEATING YIELDED SURFACE BASED CAPES NEAR 2500 J/KG. THIS ACTIVITY HAD INCREASED AHEAD OF A MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDER HAD ALSO DEVELOPED FARTHER NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI NORTH OF THE MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER AND AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TO JUST EAST OF JOPLIN. PRECIPITATION REDEVELOPMENT ALSO AIDED BY APPROACHING MID LEVEL TROUGH AND AREA OF UPPER DIVERGENCE IN ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET. CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTH CENTRAL HAD SOARED INTO THE UPPER 80S BUT WILL QUICKLY COOL OFF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH. HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. SHORT TERM GRIDS AND FORECAST HAVE BEEN UPDATED THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS. && .AVIATION... AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT THIS EVENING WITH SOME FOG DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. FOSTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-291100- 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. 100 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: STORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MISSOURI MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION: CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SUFFICIENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS BUT SMALL HAIL CANNOT BE RULE OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1207 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004
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1129 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 W WEST PLAINS 36.73N 91.87W
08/28/2004 HOWELL MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1217 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004
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1208 PM HAIL THOMASVILLE 36.78N 91.53W
08/28/2004 0.75 INCH OREGON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGH WINDS AND 1/8TH MILE VIS IN +RA ALSO REPORTED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FEHThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorms caused a 15 mile band of 3 to 6 inches of rain across southern Lawrence and northern Barry Counties. The city of Monett experienced significant flooding with numerous streets becoming impassable. Other county roads in northern Barry County were also flooded.
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, August 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: 5415736.