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.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 11:08 AM CST, 13 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1208 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON - SUNDAY)... THE SCENARIO FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS BECOMING MORE INTERESTING TODAY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THE 12Z MESO ETA DOESNT HAVE A SNIFF WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY THAT WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THE CONVECTIVE SCHEME IS THE LIKELY CULPRIT FOR THIS AS THE MESO ETA INITIALIZED THIS MORNINGS NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI STORM COMPLEX ABOUT 200 MILES TOO FAR TO THE SOUTH. THE RUC HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SHORT TERM BRINGING IN AN AXIS OF 1500 TO 2000 J/KG OF ML CAPE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY 21Z. WITH THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND ASSOCIATED LIFT ALONG THE SAGGING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND FIELDS ARE EXTREMELY WEAK FOR THE TIME OF YEAR...AND LARGE HAIL AND A POSSIBLE DOWNBURST OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS WILL TRANSITION INTO A FLOOD PROBLEM AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH THE SURFACE FRONT GRADUALLY SAGGING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT...SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL BE PRESENT WITH ALONG THIS FEATURE. THE PRIMARY FORCING MECHANISM HOWEVER APPEARS TO BE INCREDIBLE DIFFLUENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A 140 KNOT SPEED MAX AT 250 MB OVER THE CORN BELT. THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE SPEED MAX WILL ASSUME A POSITION OVER MISSOURI TONIGHT WHICH WILL PROMPT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS KANSAS TO EMINENCE MISSOURI LINE. DUE TO SATURATED SOILS FROM LAST WEEKS FLOOD EVENT...AND THE FLASHY RUGGED TERRAIN OF THE OZARK MOUNTAINS...I MAY UPGRADE THIS WATCH TO AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LOOK FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT ALONG THE BORDER. A DECISION ON THIS WILL BE MADE BY 300 PM. THE STORM COMPLEX SHOULD EXIT SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH A COOLER AIRMASS SPREADING THROUGH. LONG TERM (MONDAY - THURSDAY)... FOR NOW MODELS AGREE ON A DRY AND SEASONAL EXTENDED PERIOD. A PATTER CHANGE WILL OCCUR WITH THE UPPER FLOW OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MISSOURI VALLEY ASSUMING A NORTHWEST FLOW STRUCTURE. THIS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CAUSE FOR THE DRY WEATHER...HOWEVER...UNDER MOST NORTHWEST FLOW CIRCUMSTANCES...THERE USUALLY WILL BE A COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES BRING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAY TO EARLY TO PINPOINT THAT THOUGH SO ILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE WEST COAST RIDGE FINALLY BREAKS DOWN TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 70S AND LOW 80S TOWARDS THURSDAY. GOOD SOUTHERLY FOR SEVERAL DAYS NEXT WEEK WILL ENHANCE TEMPERATURES AND ALSO HELP TO ADVECT MOISTURE INTO THE NATIONS MID SECTION. THE LOW LEVELS WILL BE JUICED AND WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY WATCH MODEL TRENDS FOR ANY UPPER SYSTEMS THAT MAY PROVIDE STORM POTENTIAL TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND. CRAMER && .AVIATION... COLD FRONT FROM NW MO INTO CENTRAL OK WILL BEGIN MOVING THROUGH AREA AS UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE APPROACHES. WILL SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF VFR CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AFTER 00Z...CEILINGS WILL DROP TO MVFR WITH IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WHERE PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY. GAEDE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO EMINENCE. .KS...FLOOD WATCH FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1030 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-011100- 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. 1030 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT BUT CONCENTRATED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. FLOODING WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY HAZARD OVERNIGHT HOURS...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR. DISCUSSION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI CLOSER TO A SLOW MOVING FRONT. THE PRIMARY HAZARD OVERNIGHT WILL BE FLOODING AS MANY OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. THE HIGHEST RISK OF LIFE THREATENING FLOODING WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH HIGHWAY 60 WHERE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING SATURDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI FROM OVERNIGHT AND MORNING THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH HIGHWAY 60. && 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 928 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 MOZ093-095-101>104-010327- BARRY-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-NEWTON-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRANSON...MONETT...NEOSHO AND OZARK. 928 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 133 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1022 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL DIGGINS 37.17N 92.85W
04/30/2004 0.75 INCH WEBSTER MO BROADCAST MEDIA
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DSAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1125 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM FLASH FLOOD DIGGINS 37.17N 92.87W
04/30/2004 WEBSTER MO AMATEUR RADIO
FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 60 NEAR DIGGINS
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AFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1130 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 PM FLOOD TURNERS 37.18N 93.15W
04/30/2004 GREENE MO AMATEUR RADIO
MINOR FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 125 NEAR OAK GROVE HEIGHTS.
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AFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1237 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM FLASH FLOOD FORDLAND 37.17N 92.95W
05/01/2004 WEBSTER MO AMATEUR RADIO
FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY Z.
AFThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding inundated Lake Freddie Road north of Hartville. A rescue operation was executed when people were trapped by the rapid rises in water.
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, May 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: 5398455.