1 thunderstorm wind, 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 4, 12:25 AM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 125 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 .DISCUSSION... AFTER A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW THAT HAD AFFECTED THE REGION FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS DEPARTS THE AREA...THE PATTERN WILL TRANSFER TO A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS STATES. TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THESE SHORT WAVES WILL BE CRITICAL TO PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA BY MID WEEK. THE FORECASTERS FRIEND WILL BE RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS IN THE SHORT TERM AND LOOKING HEAVILY INTO BOUNDARY INTERACTION AND LOW LEVEL FLOW. GIVEN THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER KANSAS AND TRAJECTORY TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...HAVE ADDED CHANCES OF RAINFALL BEFORE SUNRISE IN THE FAR NORTHWEST FORECAST AREA. ALL INDICATIONS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO OUR FORECAST AREA BY DAYBREAK WITH THE COMPLEX EXITING SOUTHERN MISSOURI AROUND THE LUNCH HOUR. SHORT TERM TRENDS/SOUNDING AND THERMO PROFILE INDICATE MLCAPES INCREASING TO 2000 J/KG BY MORNING WITH 0-6KM SHEAR HIGH ENOUGH FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS. LATEST SPC THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR TODAY SUGGESTED THAT THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL REMAIN VEERED AND DIRECTED INTO THE DECAYING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX FOR A GOOD PART OF THE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CAUSE BACKBUILDING TSTMS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. DAY SHIFT WILL NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO INCREASING THREAT OF FLOODING. WILL HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING ONCE AGAIN IN THE MORNING HWO. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PROBLEMATIC TODAY IF CIRRUS SHIELD HOLDS. WILL LIKELY ADJUST TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES LOWER DUE TO THIS SITUATION. ANY LEFT OVER SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND INCREASING INSTABILITY...WILL LEAD TO REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS SOMEWHAT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ETA IS DEPICTING MORE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET THIS EVENING. HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE TO 50% BY EVENING OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS DUE TO THIS SCENARIO...BUT NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT SO WILL NOT GO LIKELY. DAY SHIFT AGAIN NEEDS TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AND INCREASE PERCENTAGE IF NECESSARY. NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL COME LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. NO CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH MORE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BY LATE WEEK. JLT && .AVIATION... CURRENTLY MONITORING MCS HEADING TOWARDS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. IR SATELLITE SHOWS SOME WARMING TOPS ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE MCS. PRECIPITATION MAY MAKE IT INTO THE WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT AND INTO TAF FORECAST AREAS AFTER 12Z. UNTIL THEN MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED CIRRUS IN ADVANCE OF PRECIPITATION. WITH LIGHT WIND AND LOW DP DEPRESSIONS MAY SEE SOME LIGHT FOG DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. PLAN ON ADDING LIGHT FOG TO TAFS FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY BE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CURRENT MCS. LINDENBERG && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE KS...NONE WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041800- 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 SUN JUL 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WINDS OF UP TO 60 MPH. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER 5 AM THIS MORNING MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER 10 PM ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. DISCUSSION: A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER KANSAS WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH A FEW GUST UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GIRARD KANSAS TO CASSVILLE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. GIVEN NEAR SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...FLASH FLOODING COULD QUICKLY DEVELOP. THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. THE STORMS WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA...TO BUFFALO...TO HARTVILLE. IT APPEARS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXITS TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FLOODING WILL BE OF INCREASING CONCERN DUE TO HEAVY RAINS IN RECENT DAYS. IF YOU ARE CELEBRATING THE 4TH OF JULY OUTDOORS TODAY AND TONIGHT...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. CAMPERS AND FLOATERS ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WATER LEVELS ON AREA STREAMS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF FOSTER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 947 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>080-088>091-093>096-101>105-041505- BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE- DALLAS-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-NEWTON-OZARK- POLK-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-VERNON-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT... JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 947 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 546 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. IZZI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0950 AM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0943 AM TSTM WND DMG AVA 36.95N 92.65W
07/04/2004 DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES POWER LINES DOWNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0952 AM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM TSTM WND DMG SQUIRES 36.85N 92.62W
07/04/2004 DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE LIMB DOWNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0957 AM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N GARRISON 36.86N 93.02W
07/04/2004 CHRISTIAN MO PUBLIC
TREE LIMBS ACROSS HIGHWAY125
LDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1008 AM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E TECUMSEH 36.58N 92.23W
07/04/2004 OZARK MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG 160
LDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1022 AM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N GARRISON 36.86N 93.02W
07/04/2004 CHRISTIAN MO PUBLIC
TREE LIMBS ACROSS HIGHWAY125
1020 AM TSTM WND GST WEST PLAINS 36.73N 91.85W
07/04/2004 60 MPH HOWELL MO TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER OUTTAGES
IZZIThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees along Highway 160 west of Alton.
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: 5413539.