1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 16, 10:10 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1110 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 .UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO ADD SEVERE TSTMS WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 3 AM. STORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY SE AR INTO NW MS. STORMS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO AN MCS THAT WILL TRACK S/SEWD TONIGHT. ATMOSPHERE RIPE FOR STRONG CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY IN VICNITY OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEAST AR INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MS. FORECAST INSTABILITY...SHEAR AND HELICITY VALUES REMAIN IMPRESSIVE AS LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES TONIGHT. && .MESOSCALE...ANOTHER U/L DISTURBANCE IS WAITING TO OUR NW. SPC HAS KEPT A MOD RISK FOR MY WESTERN ZONES...WHERE EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY PRISTINE. WITH SHEAR...INSTABILITY AND LAPSE RATES PROGGED BY THE RUC WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION LIKELY POPS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS. REFER TO UPDATED HWOJAN FOR MORE DETAILS. OTHERWISE...NOTHING ELSE CHANGED. ZONES...GRIDS AND PFM ALREADY SENT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... EXPECT A ONE TWO PUNCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A SQUALL LINE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTH MS AND SE ARK...THIS LINE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. OTHER SHRA/TSRA ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM TN INTO CENTRAL AL. AN EXREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH SFC BASED CAPES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG...PW VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES...AND DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S OVER THE AREA COMBINE FOR AN INTERESTING EVENING IN MISSISSIPPI. SEVERE WEATHER WILL ACCOMPANY THE AFOREMENTIONED SQUALL LINE...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS. ANOTHER U/L DISTURBANCE...NOW LOCATED IN KANSAS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT BRINGING ROUND TWO OF CONVECTION INTO THE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT SO AGAIN EXPECT AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. WITH SUCH A MOIST ATMOSPHERE...PWS NEAR 2 INCHES AND KIS ABOVE 35...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY. WILL HIGHLIGHT PONDING OF AREA ROADWAYS IN THE HWOJAN...HOWEVER TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. EXPECT REDEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL EXTEND ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED SEVERE IN THESE AREAS AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY UNSTABLE. A LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WITH DEW POINTS THAT IN THE MID TO HIGH 70S...SFC BASED CAPES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG APPEAR LIKELY. MODELS QUICKLY MOVE THE CONVECTION OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY FORCES THE FRONTALY BOUNDARY SOUTH AND EASTWARD. EXPECT A PLEASANT DAY ON SUNDAY WITH LOWER RH AND A LIGHT NORTH WIND. BACK TO A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN AFTER A BRIEF COOL DOWN ON MONDAY. WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE REGION USHERING IN LOWER DEWPOINTS...LOW TEMPS ON MONDAY WILL BE QUITE COMFORTABLE. HAVE DROPPED LOWS INTO THE MID 60S MOST AREAS. GFS INDICATES INCREASED INSTABILITY ON WEDNESDAY...MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE SLOW BUT CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED AFTERNOON TYPE CONVECTION. GFS INDICATES THAT U/L ENERGY WILL BE POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY...SO INCREASED POPS TO LOW END CHANCE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 70 87 69 89 / 60 70 30 10 MERIDIAN 70 87 69 89 / 60 70 40 20 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 171827- 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- 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN RISK WITH STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH LARGE HAIL A LESSER RISK. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS THE DELTA AREAS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WIND SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO BE UNUSUALLY STRONG FOR JULY. COMBINED WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR...THIS MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WIND...TONIGHT SHOULD BE IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREATS. ...FLOODING... A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WHILE MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PROGRESSIVE...UNIDIRECTIONAL UPPER LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL SUPPORT STORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATION. LOCALIZED HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO OR THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...THE TORRENTIAL RATE OF RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN BRIEF FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS LINES OF STORMS MOVE THROUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... THE ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. ONCE AGAIN...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE FAVORABLE FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS... AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...COULD BE NECESSARY AT ANY TIME FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Four to five inches of rain fell across portions of Morehouse parish early Saturday morning. Two to three feet of water flooded nearly thirty homes. In addition to the flooded homes, numerous streets and roads were flooded.
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, July 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: 5410534, 5410533.