1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 610 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-097>102-MOZ036-041-042-047>052- 059>065-072>075-084-085-099-191100- AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL-COLE-CRAWFORD- FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL- LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE IL- MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS- ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY- STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 610 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL RIPPLE EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST. THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS COULD TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN EAST TO WEST FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MEANDER NORTH AND THEN SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA OFF AND ON FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. SUBSTANTIAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND AGAIN ABOUT THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO CAPE GIRARDEAU ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ILZ095-096-MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-191100- ADAMS IL-BROWN-KNOX-LEWIS-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-SHELBY- 610 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN EAST TO WEST FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MEANDER NORTH AND THEN SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA OFF AND ON FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. SUBSTANTIAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND AGAIN ABOUT THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO CAPE GIRARDEAU ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEDIGO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
323 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM HAIL 2 S NEW MELLE 38.68N 90.88W
06/18/2004 0.75 INCH ST. CHARLES MO PUBLIC
0235 PM HAIL POTOSI 37.94N 90.78W
06/18/2004 0.88 INCH WASHINGTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
0255 PM HAIL BONNE TERRE 37.92N 90.55W
06/18/2004 1.00 INCH ST. FRANCOIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0305 PM HAIL BONNE TERRE 37.92N 90.55W
06/18/2004 0.75 INCH ST. FRANCOIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LENNINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
323 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM HAIL 2 S NEW MELLE 38.68N 90.88W
06/18/2004 0.75 INCH ST. CHARLES MO PUBLIC
0235 PM HAIL POTOSI 37.94N 90.78W
06/18/2004 0.88 INCH WASHINGTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
0255 PM HAIL BONNE TERRE 37.92N 90.55W
06/18/2004 1.00 INCH ST. FRANCOIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0305 PM HAIL BONNE TERRE 37.92N 90.55W
06/18/2004 0.75 INCH ST. FRANCOIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LENNINGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 MOC007-019-027-051-055-071-073-113-135-139-151-163-219-190200- AUDRAIN-BOONE-CALLAWAY-COLE-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-LINCOLN- MONITEAU-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-WARREN- 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #495 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...AND AS A RESULT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #495 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SPECIFICALLY...THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...FULTON AND WASHINGTON. ILC005-013-027-051-061-083-117-119-121-133-135-157-163-189-MOC093- 099-123-179-183-186-187-189-221-510-190200- BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON- JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL- MONTGOMERY IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL- ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON- WASHINGTON IL- 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #495 CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE FOLLOWING CITIES REMAIN IN THE WATCH...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS... FARMINGTON...JERSEYVILLE...BELLEVILLE...SALEM AND CHESTER. A COLD FRONT IS INTERSECTING VERY UNSTABLE AIR AND AS A RESULT... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE EAST AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THIS WILL END THE SEVERE THREAT FROM WEST TO EAST. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. TES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused localized flash flooding across south St. Louis County. Some roads in the Mehlville area had to be closed.
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: 5402791.