2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 6, 8:32 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 832 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004 .DISCUSSION... SEE LITTLE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST AT THIS TIME. SPC STILL HAS US OUTLOOKED FOR DAY 1...OVERNIGHT. CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA LOOKING A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED. EXTRAPOLATION HAS THIS LINE NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 06Z. CAPE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE MAIN LIMITING FACTORS... WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS STILL APPARENT. IF SPC WERE TO ISSUE A WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CWA...FIGURE IT WOULD BE AROUND 04Z. THIS CONVECTION WILL BE MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVING RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE LAST 6 HOURS. WILL SEE IF THIS AIDS IN WEAKENING SYSTEM. FLOODING STILL A THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WHERE ABOUT 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS OR SO. QUITE A FEW RIVERS ARE IN...OR FORECAST TO BE IN FLOOD...SO FLOOD WATCH WILL ALSO BE CONTINUED. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. MS...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. MO...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. TN...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. && WAGNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1133 PM CST MON DEC 6 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>092-071200- 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- 1133 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS...AND A PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HELENA ARKANSAS TO TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HELENA...CLARKSDALE... OXFORD AND TUPELO. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDSOUTH OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 5 AM. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING MAY OCCUR DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:27 UTC.
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trailers were demolished near the Tunica airport.
The tornado touched down just northeast of Houlka and moved northeast. Four homes were heavily damaged. A mother and her child were trapped in one of the homes but were not injured. One other home suffered some shingle damage. Numerous trees were also blown down.
The tornado touched down in extreme northwest Monroe County and moved east. One home had some shingles blown off its roof. One road sign was twisted. Several trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2004Warnings 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: 5429948, 5429652, 5429653.