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A vigorous area of low pressure pushed into the central plains Saturday afternoon May 29th. Severe thunderstorms quickly became tornadic well ahead of a dryline stretched across south central Nebraska and central Kansas. WFO Topeka received numerous reports of severe weather, a summary can be found here. The reports received here were just part of a very active severe weather outbreak. The Storm Prediction Center has an archive of this outbreak at:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/040529_rpts.html
Cloud, Republic, and Marshall were the hardest hit counties. The storm survey conducted by WFO Topeka is at the bottom of this page.
Tornado track across Republic and Cloud County - (Click to Enlarge)
Tornado tracks across Marshall county - (Click to enlarge)
Below are some pictures taken of the damage done. The pictures were taken in NW Cloud, Republic, and northern Marshall counties.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 519 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0431 PM HAIL NORTONVILLE 39.41N 95.33W 05/29/2004 0.88 INCH JEFFERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0432 PM HAIL NORTONVILLE 39.41N 95.33W 05/29/2004 1.25 INCH JEFFERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0445 PM HAIL 3 NE MUNDEN 39.94N 97.50W 05/29/2004 0.75 INCH REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0535 PM HAIL JAMESTOWN 39.60N 97.86W 05/29/2004 0.75 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0542 PM HAIL 3 W JAMESTOWN 39.60N 97.92W 05/29/2004 1.00 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0550 PM TSTM WND GST 6 SW JAMESTOWN 39.54N 97.94W 05/29/2004 70 MPH MITCHELL KS TRAINED SPOTTER BREAKING OFF TREE BRANCHES. 0555 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 SW JAMESTOWN 39.57N 97.90W 05/29/2004 CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0557 PM TORNADO 3 SW JAMESTOWN 39.57N 97.90W 05/29/2004 CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0604 PM HAIL 3 W NORWAY 39.70N 97.83W 05/29/2004 1.00 INCH REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0610 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 W JAMESTOWN 39.60N 97.92W 05/29/2004 CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0611 PM TORNADO 4 NW JAMESTOWN 39.64N 97.91W 05/29/2004 CLOUD KS STORM CHASER SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL, LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. 0625 PM TORNADO 4 NW JAMESTOWN 39.64N 97.91W 05/29/2004 CLOUD KS STORM CHASER 0644 PM HAIL NORWAY 39.70N 97.77W 05/29/2004 2.75 INCH REPUBLIC KS LAW ENFORCEMENT 0645 PM TORNADO 3 N NORWAY 39.74N 97.77W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS EMERGENCY MNGR POWER POLES DOWN. 0706 PM HAIL BELLEVILLE 39.82N 97.63W 05/29/2004 1.75 INCH REPUBLIC KS EMERGENCY MNGR 0720 PM TORNADO 4 NW SCANDIA 39.84N 97.84W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS EMERGENCY MNGR 0728 PM TORNADO 1 S OKETO 39.95N 96.60W 05/29/2004 MARSHALL KS TRAINED SPOTTER 2 TORNADOES REPORTED. 0736 PM TORNADO 5 SW MUNDEN 39.86N 97.60W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS EMERGENCY MNGR 0737 PM HAIL 4 W CUBA 39.80N 97.53W 05/29/2004 1.00 INCH REPUBLIC KS STORM CHASER 0750 PM TORNADO 2 S MUNDEN 39.88N 97.54W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0806 PM TORNADO BELLEVILLE 39.82N 97.63W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS STORM CHASER ROOF OF DQ PEELED OFF. 0809 PM TORNADO MUNDEN 39.91N 97.54W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS EMERGENCY MNGR 0810 PM TORNADO 3 SW SUMMERFIELD 39.96N 96.39W 05/29/2004 MARSHALL KS EMERGENCY MNGR 0822 PM FLASH FLOOD BELLEVILLE 39.82N 97.63W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS EMERGENCY MNGR WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROADS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE COUNTY. 0830 PM HAIL 2 S NARKA 39.93N 97.43W 05/29/2004 1.25 INCH REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0830 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S NARKA 39.93N 97.43W 05/29/2004 60 MPH REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS 6 TO 8 INCH TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN 0832 PM TORNADO 1 S NARKA 39.95N 97.43W 05/29/2004 REPUBLIC KS EMERGENCY MNGR 0835 PM TORNADO 2 S MAHASKA 39.95N 97.35W 05/29/2004 WASHINGTON KS EMERGENCY MNGR 1208 AM HAIL 2 S TESCOTT 38.98N 97.88W 05/30/2004 0.88 INCH OTTAWA KS TRAINED SPOTTER 1251 AM HAIL 9 NE BENNINGTON 39.12N 97.48W 05/30/2004 0.75 INCH OTTAWA KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0113 AM TSTM WND GST CORNING 39.66N 96.03W 05/30/2004 60 MPH NEMAHA KS TRAINED SPOTTER