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Derecho and F1 Tornado - July 4th, 2004

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 Pictures

Damage from Cherokee and Newton County Severe Storms

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Event Maps

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