1 flash flood, 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 Oct 31, 8:39 PM CST, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 839 PM CST SUN OCT 31 2004 .MESOSCALE DISCUSSION... PRECIPITATION SPREADING NORTH OUT OF ARKANSAS CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY SLOWLY AND IN PARTICULAR AM CONCERNED WITH A STORM ON THE LEADING EDGE OVER EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS AND HAS MAINTAINED AN ORGANIZED STRUCTURE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS SHOW THAT THIS STORM IS TILTED WELL DOWNSTREAM...WHICH FITS WELL WITH STRONG VEERING HODOGRAPHS EVIDENT ON 00Z KSGF SOUNDING AND CONWAY PROFILER. INSTIBILITY REMAINS THE MISSING LINK...BUT APPARENTLY THIS CELL HAS FOUND A LOCAL MAXIMA. STORM TOP REMAINS AROUND 25KFT...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR A REFLECTIVITY/CG LIGHTNING SPIKE THAT MAY SUGGEST SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL MO COUNTIES. KS...NONE. BOOKBINDER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 955 PM CST SUN OCT 31 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-011200- 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. 955 PM CST SUN OCT 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: MUCH OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS REGION TONIGHT. AMPLE MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT TO CONTINUE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THEIR RAINFALL TOTALS. TERRY
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding of streets and low water crossings occurred during a span of three hours in and around the community of Monett.
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, November 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: 5427391.