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July 4th, 2004 - Derecho and F1 Tornado
National Weather Service, Springfield, MO
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Event Summary
During the early morning hours on July 4th, 2004, a damaging wind storm known as a derecho tracked across extreme southeast Kansas and far southern Missouri. Derechos are long lived lines of thunderstorms that produce widespread wind damage, and occasionally brief tornadoes. More information on derechos can be found here, on the Storm Prediction Center's website.
The July 4th derecho produced significant and fairly widespread wind damage across the Springfield National Weather Service area of responsibility, blowing down hundreds of trees and powerlines, and causing some structural damage to homes. The most significant damage was in Cherokee county Kansas and continued into Newton county Missouri, where a tornado briefly touched down in Hornet, Missouri. A National Weather Service damage survey determined that an F1 tornado struck the town of Hornet, producing estimated 80 to 90 mph winds, extensive tree damage, damage to several mobile homes, and also damaged a church. The tornado was estimated to have been on the ground for about a mile with a width of around 150 yards wide.
Despite the fact that several homes were either destroyed or severely damaged in Cherokee and Newton counties, there were no reports of any injuries or fatalities with these storms.
Event Maps
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Event Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
923 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW COLUMBUS 37.14N 94.87W
07/04/2004 CHEROKEE KS NWS STORM SURVEY
GOLFBALL HAIL AND ESTIMATED 70 MPH WINDS DAMAGED MANY
HOMES IN THIS AREA. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY.
0630 AM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.83W
07/04/2004 CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE COUNTY-WIDE. 1 HOME DESTROYED,
NUMEROUS HOMES DE-ROOFED, LARGE TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE
COUNTY, BLOCKING ROADS, SEVERAL BARNS DESTROYED, GRAIN
BINS BLOWN. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MNGR.
0630 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 S COLUMBUS 37.11N 94.83W
07/04/2004 CHEROKEE KS NWS STORM SURVEY
MOBILE HOME ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND DESTROYED.
OCCUPANTS HAD MOVED INTO STORM SHELTER PRIOR TO STORM
AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. REPORTED BY NWS STORM
SURVEY.
0645 AM HAIL 2 W COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.87W
07/04/2004 0.75 INCH CHEROKEE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0645 AM TSTM WND GST COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.83W
07/04/2004 60 MPH CHEROKEE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0655 AM TSTM WND GST COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.83W
07/04/2004 65 MPH CHEROKEE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0655 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW COLUMBUS 37.14N 94.87W
07/04/2004 CHEROKEE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO OR THREE HOMES DAMAGED
0655 AM TSTM WND DMG GALENA 37.07N 94.63W
07/04/2004 CHEROKEE KS NWS STORM SURVEY
ESTIMATED 70 MPH WINDS. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND
MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN GALENA, KS. REPORTED BY NWS
STORM SURVEY.
0655 AM HAIL COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.83W
07/04/2004 0.88 INCH CHEROKEE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0705 AM TORNADO HORNET 36.97N 94.55W
07/04/2004 F1 NEWTON MO NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY INDICATED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED TOWN
IN THE TOWN OF HORNET, MO WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF
80 TO 90 MPH RATING IT AS F1 DAMAGE. THE TORNADO HAD A
1 MILE LONG TRACK, AND WAS 150 YARDS WIDE AND DID
EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN ITS PATH. MOST OF THE DAMAGE
WAS TO TREES, WITH DAMAGE ALSO TO SOME MOBILE HOMES AND
A CHURCH WITHIN TOWN. NO INJURIES OR DEATHS WERE
REPORTED. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY.
0710 AM TSTM WND DMG PITTSBURG 37.42N 94.70W
07/04/2004 CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE LIMBS DOWN
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W NEOSHO 36.87N 94.46W
07/04/2004 NEWTON MO PUBLIC
TREES DOWN
0720 AM TSTM WND DMG NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
07/04/2004 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
62 MPH GUST...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
0720 AM TSTM WND DMG JOPLIN 37.08N 94.52W
07/04/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIND DAMAGE. DEBRIS IN THE AIR OVER WESTERN PORTION OF
CITY. CITIZEN REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG GOODMAN 36.73N 94.40W
07/04/2004 MCDONALD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON HWY 43.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG CARTHAGE 37.17N 94.32W
07/04/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG PINEVILLE 36.60N 94.38W
07/04/2004 MCDONALD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG DUENWEG 37.08N 94.42W
07/04/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
UNSPECIFIED WIND DAMAGE.
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W CARTHAGE 37.17N 94.36W
07/04/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING ON COUNTY ROAD 170.
0745 AM FLOOD NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
07/04/2004 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING
0750 AM FLOOD JOPLIN 37.08N 94.52W
07/04/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING
0800 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 E EAGLE ROCK 36.55N 93.68W
07/04/2004 BARRY MO PUBLIC
TREES DOWN
0800 AM TSTM WND GST 5 NW KIMBERLING CITY 36.65N 93.49W
07/04/2004 60 MPH STONE MO PUBLIC
0805 AM TSTM WND DMG PIERCE CITY 36.95N 94.00W
07/04/2004 LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0805 AM TSTM WND DMG (UMN)MONETT 36.88N 93.90W
07/04/2004 BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES POWER LINES DOWN
0815 AM TSTM WND DMG VERONA 36.97N 93.80W
07/04/2004 LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0825 AM TSTM WND DMG NOTCH 36.67N 93.35W
07/04/2004 STONE MO AMATEUR RADIO
BILLBOARD DOWN. HOTEL DAMAGED. REPORTED BY AMATEAU RADIO
AS A GUSTNADO.
0825 AM TSTM WND DMG LAMPE 36.57N 93.43W
07/04/2004 STONE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** DEBRIS BLOWN OFF A ROOF INJURED A PERSON
ON A DOCK. PERSON HOSPITALIZED. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0830 AM TSTM WND DMG BRANSON 36.65N 93.22W
07/04/2004 TANEY MO AMATEUR RADIO
WIND DAMAGE. HOTEL DAMAGED. REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO.
0830 AM TSTM WND DMG BRANSON 36.65N 93.22W
07/04/2004 TANEY MO AMATEUR RADIO
FLAG POLE AND TREES DOWN AT SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS
0830 AM TSTM WND DMG AURORA 36.97N 93.72W
07/04/2004 LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0832 AM FLOOD JOPLIN 37.08N 94.52W
07/04/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N GARRISON 36.86N 93.02W
07/04/2004 CHRISTIAN MO PUBLIC
TREE LIMBS ACROSS HIGHWAY125
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N GARRISON 36.86N 93.02W
07/04/2004 CHRISTIAN MO PUBLIC
TREE LIMBS ACROSS HIGHWAY125. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0930 AM TSTM WND DMG SQUIRES 36.85N 92.62W
07/04/2004 DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE LIMB DOWN
0940 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E TECUMSEH 36.58N 92.23W
07/04/2004 OZARK MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG 160
0943 AM TSTM WND DMG AVA 36.95N 92.65W
07/04/2004 DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES POWER LINES DOWN
1020 AM TSTM WND GST WEST PLAINS 36.73N 91.85W
07/04/2004 60 MPH HOWELL MO TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER OUTTAGES
1040 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 W MONTIER 36.98N 91.62W
07/04/2004 SHANNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
1045 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W ALTON 36.70N 91.49W
07/04/2004 OREGON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG 160
1045 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 N THOMASVILLE 36.84N 91.53W
07/04/2004 OREGON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES ACROSS HIGHWAY