13 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 8, 10:10 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... MUCH TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING. ROUND ONE OF RAINFALL IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS HOUR. THIS FEATURED A NARROW BAND OF ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL FROM EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH LINCOLN AND SIMPSON EARLIER THIS EVENING. SIMILAR ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FARTHER NORTHEAST IN SCOTT...NEWTON... NESHOBA AND KEMPER COUNTIES. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE A NORTHEASTWARD TREK. ROUND TWO IS QUICKLY MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF SW LA...ENTERING MY EAST CENTRAL LA PARISHES AT THIS TIME. 03Z SFC ANALYSIS HAS TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S NORTH TO LOWER 60S SOUTH. DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY RISING AS THE SFC FLOW IS VEERING TO A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. THE SFC WARM FRONT IS STILL TO MY SOUTH...HOWEVER IT IS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF MY SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES. THE LOWEST DEWPOINTS ARE CONFINED TO MY FAR NORTH...IN THE LOWER 50S...OTHERWISE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ELSEWHERE. WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW STAKING CLAIM TO THE REGION...TEMPS HAVE LIKELY ALREADY REACHED THEIR LOW POINT. TO BOOT...MID TO UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS ARE POISED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA UPON THE PASSAGE OF THE WARM FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION MENTIONED...AND CURRENT PROFILER DATA CONFIRMS...LLJ IS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND REGION IS POISED TO BECOME POSITIONED IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE ULJ. 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSES AND RUC CONTINUE TO INDICATE EXCELLENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR NEAR 60KTS...WHILE LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS A TOUCH LOW AT 20KTS. AREAS NORTH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE EXCELLENT ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND EXPANDING RAINFALL COVERAGE. WITH SHOWALTER INDEX VALUES WEAKLY NEGATIVE...AND LIS FROM 700MB AROUND -1C TO -2C...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY. ONCE THE WARM FRONT MOVES INTO MY SOUTHERN ZONES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHIFTS EASTWARD OUT OF TEXAS...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SURFACE BASED. SFC AND MU CAPE VALUES WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1000J/KG IN THE PRESENCE OF -2 LIS. ISO TO SCT SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BEGINNING IN MY SOUTHWEST ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD THEREAFTER. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY RISK...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PREVIOUS PACKAGE HANDLES SENSIBLE WEATHER WELL AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS ARE NEEDED TO THE GOING FORECAST. TEMPS LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE GONE AS LOW AS THEY WILL GO. WITH DEWPOINTS ON A SLOW STEADY RISE ACROSS THE AREA...HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND WENT AHEAD AN INCREASED LOWS TO AROUND 55 IN MY NORTHERN TIER OF ZONES. MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST 2/3RDS OF THE CWFA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER AM STILL EXPECTING A EASTWARD SHIFT TO THE RAINFALL AFTER 2 OR 3AM. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MS...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074. .LA...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026. .AR...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ARZ074-075. && GAGAN
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 091928- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 128 PM CST WED DEC 08 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. GIVEN SUFFICIENT MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...LIFT...AND WIND SHEAR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID DAY THURSDAY. THE MAIN SEVERE CONCERNS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES. A FEW REPORTS OF HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. AS IT STANDS NOW...THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN ACROSS THE EASTERN PARISHES AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTH EASTWARD AS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPS OVER LOUISIANA AND MOVES EAST. BY MID DAY THURSDAY...THE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AND INTO ALABAMA. ...FLOODING... IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO CONCERNS...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND HIGH RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS WILL ALLOW FOR FLOODING CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP RATHER EASILY UNDER ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS... AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:07 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A total of eight trees were blown down, a few in the city and others in the county.
Two to four inches of rain quickly fell over portions of Warren county during the very early morning hours of December 9th and caused numerous flooding problems in the county. A dozen streets were flooded in town along with one home and a business flooded just north of town. Near McCool Logging, flood waters carried nearly a foot of mud over a section of railroad track. This track had to be closed and trains were delayed. Additionally, high water in a few locations caused a few water mains to break.
Four to five inches of rain fell early on the morning of December 9th causing major flooding problems for areas in and around Brookhaven. Several streets and roads were covered by water with a few roads having to close. Additionally, one dozen homes were flooded with most of the flooding occurring on Saint George Street.
Heavy rains caused a 100 foot section of Greenscrossing Road to become flooded.
Two trees were blown down on Airport Road off Highway 13.
Numerous streets and roads were flooded with several closed due to high water. A portion of Newbell Road was closed due damage to the bridge supports.
Two trees were blown down on Coats Road.
A few tree tops were snapped off.
A few trees were blown down along with numerous large limbs along Highway 540 in the Upton community.
This tornado touched down along Highway 18, 5 miles east of Raleigh, and tracked northeast for 16 miles before moving into southwest Scott county. The most significant damaged occurred about 2 miles north of Highway 18 where six chicken houses were destroyed and another 3 were damaged. The tornado continued northeast along Boykin Church Road and into the Oakahay Creek bottom. Several hundred trees were uprooted and snapped between Highway 18 and 35. The tornado then crossed Highway 35 near the Lemon community. Here, three homes sustained minor roof damage and numerous trees and power lines were torn down. Continuing northeast, the tornado moved mainly through the Leaf River bottom before tracking across Highway 501 at the Scott/Smith county line. The total path length was 19 miles across Smith and Scott counties.
A few trees and numerous large limbs were blown down.
This tornado moved into Scott county from Smith county where Highway 501 intersects both counties. The tornado tracked northeast for 3 miles before dissipating along Mudline Road. Numerous trees were blown down along the path. The total path length was 19 miles across Smith and Scott counties.
Near Rock Branch Road, numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. The width of the damage was 200-300 yards wide.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Rush, Harrington and Moore Roads. Fallen trees destroyed two vehicles and one barn was destroyed in this area.
An awning on the west side of the hospital was pealed back.
Heavy rains caused a several roads to flood. Heed Neely and Ainsworth Roads were closed due to high water.
Several trees were blown down along Highway 19.
Several trees were blown down along Interstate 20 near exit 129.
Heavy rains caused several roads to flood just north of Little Rock.
Several roads were flooded across southeast Neshoba county. County road 4312 had a large section washed out.
One roof was partially blown off a home and several out buildings and car sheds were destroyed. Another home sustained minor roof damage as some shingles were blown off. Several trees and power lines were also blown down in the area.
This weak tornado downed several trees when it briefly touched down southwest of DeKalb.
This weak tornado downed several trees when it briefly touched down southwest of DeKalb.
One mobile home was rolled over and destroyed along with a roof blown off an apartment complex. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down with a few large trees falling onto houses. A total of eight homes sustained damage.
Numerous streets and roads were flooded in and around town.
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
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