3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 4, 11:03 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1100 PM CST WED FEB 4 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPDATING TO MAINLY ADJUST THE WINDS. LATESTS OBS ARE INDICATING STATIONS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPS AND POPS LOOK GOOD. OTHER CHANGES WILL INCLUDE REMOVING ALL MIDNIGHT WORDING. UPDATED ZONES AND GRIDS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && LISTEMAA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 221 PM CST WED FEB 04 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 052021- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 221 PM CST WED FEB 04 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATER ON THURSDAY. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MEADVILLE TO MENDENHALL TO QUITMAN LINE. OTHERWISE...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT WILL BE DRIFTING NORTH FROM THE GULF COAST AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BY MIDNIGHT AND MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS FIRST ROUND OF STORMS SHOULD PROGRESS INTO WEST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING THE DELTA REGION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THEN...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THURSDAY AS GULF MOISTURE PUSHES INLAND WITH THE AIRMASS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERTICAL WIND FIELDS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OVER MAINLY SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ...FLOODING... WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. HEAVY PERSISTENT RAINS SHOULD AFFECT AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE BY MIDDAY THURSDAY AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY NIGHT. AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN 12 TO 18 HOURS SHOULD BE COMMON ON THURSDAY AND FLOOD WATCHES WILL BE POSTED. THESE RAINS COMBINED WITH DAMP SOILS...WILL PRODUCE LARGER RUNOFF WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS LIKELY GOING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE FEEDING NORTHWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL ENHANCE THE RAINFALL RATES...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION FOR SEVERAL HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ON THURSDAY SHOULD CONTINUE OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. ENOUGH INSTABILITY WILL PERSIST IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A MONTICELLO TO FOREST TO ACKERMAN LINE. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL INVADE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A portion of Ridge Road was flooded.
A few roads were flooded between Tallulah and Delhi.
Several streets were flooded in the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 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: 5382998, 5382999, 5383000.