1 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 25, 2:01 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 301 AM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHORT WAVES WILL CARVE A BROAD TROF FROM THE ROCKYS TO THE GREAT LAKES WHILE A RIDGE DOMINATES THE SOUTH AND THE EAST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AS A SHORT WAVE TROF MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY. THIS TROF WILL FLATTEN OUT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER FLOW REVERTS BACK TO A WAVY ZONAL PATTERN ACROSS THE NATION. AT THE SURFACE A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL COVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES INCLUDING THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE AREAS SHEAR NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID SOUTH FROM THE WEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE WARM AND HUMID WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK WITH CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE APPROACH OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY AND HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING DRIER WEATHER TUESDAY. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && JCL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 328 AM CDT WED AUG 25 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>092-260900- 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- 328 AM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... 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 Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:24 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
There were several roads flooded, mainly in the souther portion of the county. A sink hole occurred on the Natchez Trace Parkway as a result of the flooding. One man was killed when he drove his vehicle into the sink hole.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Tishomingo | 2004-08-25 | 87 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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