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 Jul 24, 1:45 PM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 245 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... A COMPLEX AND UNUSUAL PATTERN FOR LATE JULY ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. AN UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN U.S. WHILE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH HAD DEVELOPED NORTH INTO FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING VORTICITY CENTRAL JUST EAST OF WICHITA. A SECONDARY WARM FRONT AHEAD DEVELOPED EAST OF THIS CIRCULATION ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A STEADY RAIN CONTINUED NORTH OF THIS WARM FRONT IN AREA OF GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT AND 850 MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED IN THE PSEUDO WARM SECTOR. TEMPERATURES HAVE STRUGGLED TO RISE AND HAVE EVEN FALLEN NORTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE ONLY IN THE UPPER 50S THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS IN THE WARM SECTOR OF FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. CLEARING AND RESULTING INSTABILITY HAS BEEN LIMITED TO THIS POINT BUT SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SEE THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS. THE VORTICITY CENTER AND MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL MIGRATE EAST SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AS THE SYNOPTIC SCALE TROUGH AXIS SWINGS SOUTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST AND MOST STEADY RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING IN AREA OF STRONGEST 850-700 MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE/THETA-E ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH. DEEP SATURATED LAYER AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF THE TROUGH. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL PERSIST TONIGHT WITH THE STEADIEST RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI IN REGION BETTER ISENTROPIC LIFT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR OUT SUNDAY WITH CLOUDS LINGERING THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. A STEEPENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE EXITING SURFACE TROUGH AND A LARGE PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING INTO PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST WILL CAUSE RATHER BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS FOR LATE JULY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE OUT OF THE 60S IF THE CLOUDS PERSIST. THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER MORE SUNSHINE WILL RETURN MONDAY ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO RISE WELL INTO THE 70S. THE UPPER PATTERN WILL FLATTEN BY MIDWEEK IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH. INCREASING MOISTURE IN RETURN FLOW AND THE APPROACH OF A SHORTWAVE MAY BRING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS BACK TO THE FORECAST AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD MVFR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. CEILINGS WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET. VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 2 AND 4 MILES AT TIMES IN RAIN AND FOG. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. FOSTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251100- 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 JUL 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO CAMDENTON LINE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE THROUGH TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A COLD FRONT TRAILED SOUTH OF THIS LOW INTO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COUPLED WITH WITH LIMITED SUNSHINE WILL RESULT IN INCREASING INSTABILITY. THE COVERAGE AND STRENGTH OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE THAT DEVELOPS. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR MAY BE DEVELOP TO PRODUCE A FEW LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS. IF THIS OCCURS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND GUSTY WINDS. INTERMITTENT RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AS A WARM FRONT DEVELOPS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION WHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE STORMS. HOWEVER SPOTTER ACTIVATION WOULD BECOME MORE LIKELY IF LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS DEVELOP. && 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
639 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004
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..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG NIXA 37.05N 93.30W
07/24/2004 CHRISTIAN MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN. FENCE BLOWN DOWN.
DSAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
917 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG ROME 36.83N 92.78W
07/24/2004 DOUGLAS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0913 PM FLASH FLOOD COUNTY WIDE -9999.00N 9999.00W
07/24/2004 DOUGLAS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE INUNDATED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE ALSO RAPIDLY
RISING. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
CRAMERThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several low water crossings were flooded over from heavy thunderstorms near Rockbridge.
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, July 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: 5413713.