1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 8:55 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 955 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS THE MS RVR COUNTIES AT THIS TIME AND IS PROGRESSING TO THE EAST. THIS LINE IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DIVIDING UNSTABLE AIR TO THE SOUTHEAST AND RAIN COOLED STABLE AIR TO THE NORTHWEST. EXPECT SPIRATIC SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS LINE THROUGH THE DAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING BIGGEST THREAT. SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SVR WX FOR MOST OF THE CWA NW OF TUP. ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER ERN OK THIS AFTERNOON AS PLENTY OF SUNSHINE SHOULD DESTABILIZE THAT AREA. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO MOVE EWD ACROSS MAINLY THE NRN PART OF THE CWA TONIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY TRIES TO MOVE BACK NORTHWARD AGAIN. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS TONIGHT. MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NRN PART OF THE CWA TONIGHT. WILL WAIT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAVES IN AND OUT OF THE CWA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS PROVIDING CONTINUED CHANCES OF SHWERS/TSTMS. THE MAIN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CWA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && SWC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 933 AM CDT THU APR 22 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>092-231100- 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- 933 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE MID-SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A TUPELO TO CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI LINE AND INCLUDES MEMPHIS...JONESBORO... DYERSBURG...JACKSON AND OXFORD. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY TODAY. THE AIRMASS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. MORE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TENNESSEE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS TONIGHT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY STILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. SWC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 909 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004 ARZ036-MSZ001-TNZ088-221500- CRITTENDEN AR-DE SOTO MS-SHELBY TN- 909 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CRITTENDEN...DESOTO AND SHELBY COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIMSBORO AT 909 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. VERY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CRITTENDEN...DESOTO AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BARTLETT...EARLE...HORN LAKE...MARION...MILLINGTON...OLIVE BRANCH...SOUTHAVEN AND WEST MEMPHIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 928 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004 TNZ048-221445- LAUDERDALE TN- 928 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAUDERDALE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF EDITH AT 928 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF RIPLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
219 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 AM TORNADO 5 S EADS 35.20N 89.67W
04/22/2004 SHELBY TN NWS STORM SURVEY
TREES DOWN/DAMAGED...MINOR DAMAGE 2 HOUSES...ROOF
DAMAGE...BROKEN WINDOWS...PICKUP TRUCK AND HORSE TRAILER
MOVED MORE THAN 25 FEET.
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JLHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Some roads were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, 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: 5392456, 5392457, 5392458.