1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 2:08 PM CST, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 308 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 .DISCUSSION... AN END TO THE DRY WEATHER OVER THE MIDSOUTH IS NEAR. CURRENTLY...A STRONG SHORTWAVE IS PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS AND THE ARKLATEX. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON BRINGING THIS STRONG 500MB SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT INTO THE MIDSOUTH BY TOMORROW MORNING. A SFC LOW WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FRIDAY MORNING...MOVING EAST ALONG THE FRONT. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE GFS AND ETA OVER HOW STRONG THIS FRONTAL LOW WILL BE. PREFER TO LEAN TOWARD ETA AS GFS HAS HAD A HABIT OF OVERDOING SUCH LOWS. EITHER WAY...THE END RESULT IS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. INTRODUCED CHANCE POPS IN THE WESTERN ZONES OVERNIGHT. POPS BECOME CATEGORICAL ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA TOMORROW...WITH LIKELY POPS OVER THE FAR EAST ZONES AS THE BEST DYNAMICS STAY TO THE NORTH AND WEST WITH THE SHORTWAVE. HEAVY RAIN IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL NEAR 2 INCHES AND LIFTED INDICES ARE AROUND -3. HIGHS WILL BE HELD DOWN TOMORROW DUE TO THE ABUNDANT CLOUDS AND RAIN. RAIN WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI ZONES. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AS NEITHER THE ETA OR GFS NOW BRING THE FRONT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE CWA. FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES PARALLEL TO THE FRONT. GFS BRINGS A STRONG VORTICITY MAX ACROSS NORTH MS ON SUNDAY...DEVELOPING A SFC LOW ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. NOT GOING WITH THIS SOLUTION...DUE TO LIKELY CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK IN THE GFS. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON SUNDAY FOR THE FAR SOUTH MS ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STALLED BOUNDARY. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE NORTHERN ZONES THROUGH MONDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...FAST ZONAL FLOW RESUMES BY MONDAY. HARD TO RECOGNIZE ANY SMALL DISTURBANCES THAT MIGHT MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERLIES...THEREFORE HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS ALSO COINCIDES WELL WITH THE RETURN OF DEEPER BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE. LONG RANGE ENSEMBLES IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AT BUILDING A DEEP WEST COAST TROUGH AND EAST COAST RIDGE. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WILL DEFINITELY FEEL MORE LIKE SUMMER BY WEEKS END. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && JFB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 319 AM CDT THU AUG 19 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>092-200900- ALCORN MS-BENTON MS-CALHOUN MS-CARROLL TN-CHESTER TN-CHICKASAW MS- CLAY AR-COAHOMA MS-CRAIGHEAD AR-CRITTENDEN AR-CROCKETT TN-CROSS AR- DE SOTO MS-DECATUR TN-DUNKLIN MO-DYER TN-FAYETTE TN-GIBSON TN- GREENE AR-HARDEMAN TN-HARDIN TN-HAYWOOD TN-HENDERSON TN-HENRY TN- ITAWAMBA MS-LAFAYETTE MS-LAKE TN-LAUDERDALE TN-LAWRENCE AR-LEE MS- LEE AR-MADISON TN-MARSHALL MS-MCNAIRY TN-MISSISSIPPI AR-MONROE MS- OBION TN-PANOLA MS-PEMISCOT MO-PHILLIPS AR-POINSETT AR-PONTOTOC MS- PRENTISS MS-QUITMAN MS-RANDOLPH AR-SHELBY TN-ST. FRANCIS AR- TALLAHATCHIE MS-TATE MS-TIPPAH MS-TIPTON TN-TISHOMINGO MS-TUNICA MS- UNION MS-WEAKLEY TN-YALOBUSHA MS- 319 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY WEST PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down in association with a gust front.
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, August 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: 5422049.