1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 Apr 23, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 345 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NRN MS WILL RETURN NWD ACROSS THE CWA TNT-SAT AM. SHWRS/TSTMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE NRN HALF OF AR WILL SPREAD INTO NE AR THIS EVENING. OTHER SHWRS/TSTMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CWA TNT DUE TO ELEVATED CONVECTION N OF THE BOUNDARY...SO EXPECT ALMOST A REPEAT OF LAST TWO NIGHTS WITH SUTTLE DIFFERENCES. HIGHEST POPS OF SHWRS/TSTMS WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT WITH MORE FLOODING POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED TONIGHT FOR THAT AREA. THE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH WELL N OF THE CWA BY SAT PM...SO SRLY WINDS WILL WARM MOIST AIR WILL OVERTAKE WHOLE AREA BY THAT TIME. STILL EXPECT SOME SCT SHWRS/TSTMS WITH HIGHEST CHCS N AND W OF CWA. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND MOVE THROUGH THE CWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORE TSTMS WILL OCCUR LATE SAT NITE-SUN WITH SVR WX POSSIBLE. A SFC HIGH WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY IN THE COMING WEEK PROVIDING COOLER AND DRIER WX TO THE REGION. THE HIGH WILL BE OVER THE LWR MS VLY LATE TUE AND TO THE EAST WED-FRI. A GRADUAL WARM-UP WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT CHC OF PCPN WILL BE FRI WHEN THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE NW. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLOOD WATCH MAINLY N OF I-40. MS...NONE. MO...FLOOD WATCH. TN...FLOOD WATCH MAINLY IN MS RVR COUNTIES N OF MEM. && SWC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 705 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-241100- ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- 705 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE CHANCE OF STORMS CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS RELATIVELY LOW BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI WILL RETURN NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THAT OCCUR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ON SUNDAY...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 634 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ028-TNZ049-088-240000- MISSISSIPPI AR-SHELBY TN-TIPTON TN- 634 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...MISSISSIPPI...SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOINER AT 634 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI...SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLYTHEVILLE...GOSNELL...KEISER...LEACHVILLE...LUXORA... MANILA...MILLINGTON...OSCEOLA AND WILSON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 649 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 TNZ049-088-240015- SHELBY TN-TIPTON TN- 649 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF MUNFORD AT 649 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 653 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ026-027-240030- CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR- 653 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CRAIGHEAD AND POINSETT COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EGYPT TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASH AT 653 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAY...BONO...BROOKLAND...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY AND TRUMANN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several power lines were blown down.
Some cars were stalled in flood waters in front of the city police station.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2004
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: 5392543, 5392544, 5392545.