3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 1:25 AM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 225 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003 THE AMPLIFIED UPPER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH A TROF IN THE EAST AND A RIDGE OVER THE ROCKYS AND CENTRAL PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO NORTH TEXAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY AND CONTINUE TOWARD THE GULF COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE CONTINUED WARM HUMID WEATHER WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .MEG...NONE.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-070930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 743 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE MID SOUTH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND THE SOUTHWEST CONER OF WEST TENNESSEE. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG. JCL
MSZ002>006-009-014-TNZ049-050-052>054-088>092-061200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 616 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...ALCORN...BENTON... CHESTER...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...HARDIN...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON... MADISON...MARSHALL...MCNAIRY...PRENTISS...SHELBY...TIPPAH...TIPTON... TISHOMINGO AND UNION COUNTIES. AT 614 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF KEOWNVILLE AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO NEAR MILLINGTON...HOLLY SPRINGS AND NEW ALBANY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW SPOTS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAINS IN ADDITION TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. PEOPLE IN ALCORN...BENTON...CHESTER...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...HARDIN... HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MADISON...MARSHALL...MCNAIRY...PRENTISS... SHELBY...TIPPAH...TIPTON...TISHOMINGO AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...HENDERSON...HOLLY SPRINGS...IUKA...JACKSON...LEXINGTON... NEW ALBANY...RIPLEY AND SELMER...SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. JCL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were knocked down.
Around 170 apartments, 85 houses and 55 businesses experienced flooding forcing the evacuation of some residents when over 4 inches of rain fell in 90 minutes. Several cars were also damaged.
Several streets were flooded with three streets closed.
A few trees were knocked down.
Several trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 2003
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: 5377160, 5377159, 5377161, 5377157, 5377158.