1 flash 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 Jul 2, 2:25 PM CST, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 325 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 .DISCUSSION... BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS SPIRALING AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN KS. ONE SUCH BAND IS MOVING NORTHEAST OF THE CWA...WHILE ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE LOW OVER SE KS. COMPLEX OF STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH SW MO/NW AR/NE OK HAS HELPED STABILIZE MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT CLEAR SLOT MOVING INTO THE WESTERN CWA SHOULD DESTABILIZE SE KS WESTERN MO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DIE OFF/DIE DOWN THIS EVENING...STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL FLOW AND COOLING MIDLEVELS SHOULD ALLOW ADDTIONAL STORMS TO REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. SKINNY CAPE OF AROUND 1500 J/KG MAY ALLOW AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM TO DEVELOP...BUT GIVEN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.7-1.8...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IS THE MAIN CONCERN. TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF A FLOOD WATCH...BUT LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...MAY BE HARD TO PLACE WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL DEVELOP. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE ZONE FCST (ALREADY IN THE HWO). WESTERN COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST AND MOST RECENT WIDESPREAD RAIN...AND WILL BRIEF THE EVENING SHIFT ABOUT MONITORING RAINFALL TRENDS. UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY...AND WOULD EXPECT RAIN THREAT TO GRADUALLY EASE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA SUN EVENING/SUN NIGHT. HAVE RAISED RAIN CHANCES A BIT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE CONGA LINE CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND CANT RULE OUT RAIN CHANCES THOROUGH MIDWEEK. ECMWF AND GFS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH 00Z WED BY MOVING MIDLEVEL CLOSED UPPER LOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST WITH SMALLER SCALE SHORTWAVES MOVING W-E THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. IN GENERAL...RAIN CHANCES WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD FOR LATE MON/EARLY TUE AS WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA...BUT AS SFC LOW MOVES THROUGH THE CORN BELT TUE...FRONT SHOULD MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA. ALL-IN-ALL...SHOULD SEE RELATIVELY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH WED. && .AVIATION... GENERALLY SEEING VFR AND SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS SPIRALING AROUND AN UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY. BELIEVE WE WILL SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KS AND SOUTHWEST MO AS CONDITIONS DESTABILIZE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL WINDS STRENGTHEN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY EAST INTO SOUTHERN MO. WOULD EXPECT CEILINGS TO LOWER TO MVFR/AREAS OF IFR AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE KS...NONE DSA/WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 750 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031100- 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. 750 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THIS EVENING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THROUGH 9 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM SPRINGFIELD SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST TO CASSVILLE..PINEVILLE...AND BRANSON. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY EAST IN TO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. DISCUSSION: A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AROUND THIS STORM CENTER HAVE PRODUCED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH ONE OF THESE BANDS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL WINDS INCREASE AND STORMS REDEVELOP NEAR A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM NOW OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
758 PM CDT FRI JUL 02 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG MONETT 36.92N 93.92W
07/02/2004 BARRY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MNGR.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
833 PM CDT FRI JUL 02 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG MONETT 36.92N 93.92W
07/02/2004 BARRY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN...DAMAGE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL...SEVERAL OTHER
BUILDINGS DAMAGED. POWERLINES ARE DOWN IN TOWN.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
853 PM CDT FRI JUL 02 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0744 PM FLASH FLOOD CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
07/02/2004 BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS IMPASSABLE FLOODING ON STREETS IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1024 PM CDT FRI JUL 02 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TORNADO 2 N JOPLIN 37.11N 94.52W
07/02/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPUTY REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND AT HWY 43 AND BASELINE
ROAD
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG JOPLIN 37.08N 94.52W
07/02/2004 JASPER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON ROADS AND HOMES IN JOPLIN FROM 31ST TO
INDIANA RD. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MNGR.
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
07/02/2004 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 86 AND BB. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0715 PM FLASH FLOOD NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
07/02/2004 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS CITY STREETS ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0715 PM HAIL NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
07/02/2004 0.75 INCH NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
07/02/2004 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY CC NEAR HWY B. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG MONETT 36.92N 93.92W
07/02/2004 BARRY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN...DAMAGE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL...SEVERAL OTHER
BUILDINGS DAMAGED. POWERLINES ARE DOWN IN TOWN.
0744 PM FLASH FLOOD CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
07/02/2004 BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS IMPASSABLE FLOODING ON STREETS IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FEHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1134 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 MOZ079-080-089-090-093>095-101>104-030533- BARRY-CHRISTIAN-DADE-DALLAS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-NEWTON-POLK- STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...MONETT... MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...OZARK AND SPRINGFIELD. 1134 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 536 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1152 PM CDT FRI JUL 02 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 N AVILLA 37.26N 94.13W
07/02/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERSECTION OF OAK AND COUNTY ROAD 30 CLOSED DUE TO
WATER OVER THE ROADWAY
SAWThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:43 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of County Road 1010 flooded near the intersection of County Road 2115.
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: 5413473.