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 Jun 12, 6:14 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 714 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRY AND DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MASSIVE COLD POOL FROM THE MCS FROM EARLIER TODAY. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE THREAT THAT ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT ISNT LIKELY. FURTHER EAST THE SEVERE AND EVEN THUNDERSTORM THREAT APPEARS LOW UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. HAVE COORDINATED WITH SPC AND WILL BE DROPPING EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHORTLY. LATER TONIGHT...A LOW LEVEL JET IS STILL PROGGED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW LEVEL BEGINS TO VEER OVERNIGHT AND IMPINGE ON THE STALLED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WILL LIKELY DEVELOPMENT. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. KS...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
751 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-131100-
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.
751 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS WITH:
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM THE NORTH AND
WEST....POSSIBLY REACHING SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY SUNRISE.
DISCUSSION:
EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STABILIZED THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. BY LATE EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...A LOW LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP
AND TRANSPORT WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD OVER TOP THE
COOLER MORE STABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER SHOULD
THE THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZE INTO A WELL DEVELOPED SQUALL LINE
THEN DAMAGING WINDS COULD BECOME A CONCERN AS WELL.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF
ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 11 PM.
BROWNING/IZZISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 717 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 MOZ078-079-089>091-094>096-102>105-130200- BARRY-CEDAR-CHRISTIAN-DADE-DOUGLAS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-OZARK-POLK-STONE- TANEY-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...MONETT... MOUNT VERNON...OZARK...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 717 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 449 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DOUGLAS...GREENE...LAWRENCE... OZARK...POLK...STONE...TANEY AND WEBSTER. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-130200- BARTON-BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-JASPER-MCDONALD-NEWTON-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...NEOSHO... NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. 717 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 449 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARTON...JASPER...MCDONALD...NEWTON AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE FORT SCOTT... JOPLIN...NEOSHO...NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS MORE LIKELY TOWARD MIDNIGHT...BUT DOES REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BOOKBINDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 816 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-130400- BARTON-BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-JASPER-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. 816 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 454... IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARTON...JASPER AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN... NEVADA AND PITTSBURG. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. BOOKBINDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 833 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-MOZ066-077-13215- BARTON-BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-VERNON- 833 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BOURBON AND NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 910 PM...AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... UNION TOWN AND WALNUT BY 920 PM... FORT SCOTT AND FARLINGTON BY AROUND 940 PM... AND DEERFIELD AND MOUNDVILLE BY BY AROUND 1000 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. IZZI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1000 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-MOZ055>058-066>070-077>081-130800- BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CRAWFORD-DALLAS-HICKORY-LACLEDE- MARIES-MILLER-MORGAN-POLK-PULASKI-ST. CLAIR-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... FORT SCOTT...LEBANON...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG AND STOCKTON. 1000 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 456...IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DALLAS...HICKORY...LACLEDE... MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...POLK...PULASKI...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON. IN KANSAS: BOURBON AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...LEBANON...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG AND STOCKTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. BOOKBINDER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1140 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM FLOOD CARTHAGE 37.17N 94.32W
06/12/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS ROADS REPORTED WATER COVERED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
CITY ROADS IN CARTHAGE FLOODED.
1120 PM HAIL 4 N CARTHAGE 37.23N 94.32W
06/12/2004 0.88 INCH JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEHThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few roads were flooded briefly from heavy thunderstorms.
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, June 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: 5404301.