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.

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