1 cold/wind chill, 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 Dec 25, 2:46 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 246 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT AND PHASE WITH A TROF IN THE EAST WHICH WILL EXIT THE ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY. MEANWHILE A RIDGE WILL BUILD IN THE WEST THEN BROADEN AS IT SLIDES SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL STATES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY IT WILL FLATTEN OUT. ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN THE WEST AND MOVE TO THE EASTERN STATES BY THURSDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM REACHES THE EAST COAST FRIDAY A HIGH WILL BUILD OVER FLORIDA AND KEEP THE RIDGE IN THE EAST THROUGH NEW YEARS WEEKEND AS A TROF DIGS IN THE WEST. AT THE SURFACE A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND CAUSE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ALONG THE GULF COAST AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE COVERS THE SOUTHEAST. THE LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST SUNDAY AS MORE PRESSURE RIDGES SOUTHWARD ALONG THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. THIS HIGH WILL COVER THE EASTERN STATES MONDAY THEN SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND WEAKEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ROCKYS WEDNESDAY THEN MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID SOUTH FRIDAY BUT WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE REGION SATURDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE DRY WEATHER BUT COLD TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A WARMING TREND SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE AREAS WILL CAUSE CHANCES OF RAIN OVER THE MID SOUTH FRIDAY AND NEW YEARS WEEKEND. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && JCL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 330 AM CST SAT DEC 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>092-261100- 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- 330 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
One man was found dead in a wooded area. The cause of death was hypthermia.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Itawamba | 2004-12-25 | 46 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, December 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: 5432166.