2 flash flood, 2 strong wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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 Feb 24, 7:15 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 715 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 .DISCUSSION...LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY CURRENTLY SHOW THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SECOND ROUND OF RAIN BEGINNING TO WORK ITS WAY IN FROM THE SOUTH. AREA SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT THE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ROUND IS ALSO ELEVATED. IN FACT, THE SOUNDINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHTS SOUNDINGS EXCEPT THAT THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE A GOOD BIT HIGHER...WHICH SUGGESTS MORE RAIN. WITH THAT SAID...THE SLIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE FOR HAIL (AGAIN). FOR TOMORROW...EXPECT THE RAIN TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES AS THE SURFACE AND MIDDLE LEVEL LOW MOVE OVER THE EASTERN PARISHES OF LOUISIANA. AS IS THE CASE FOR LATER TONIGHT...TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CONCERN FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HAIL. HAVE UPDATED THE HOURLY TEMPERATURE GRIDS...BUT PLAN NO UPDATES TO THE ZONES AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THE WIDESPREAD RAIN TO MOVE INTO AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BY MIDNIGHT...THUS VALIDATING THE 100 POPS THAT ARE GIVEN IN THE ZONES. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LA...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MS...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && 18/HENRY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 649 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 260033- 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- 649 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI....MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A RAYVILLE LOUISIANA...TO JACKSON...TO MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI LINE. THE MAIN RISK WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE TOP OF A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE COAST WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO INTERACT WITH THIS BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ...FLOODING... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WATER WILL POND IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. ALSO...RIVERS AND CREEKS MAY BECOME BANKFUL TO OVERFLOWING. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CROSSETT TO LEXINGTON TO MACON LINE HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME RUNOFF DUE TO FULLY SATURATED SOILS. A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND WILL BRING DEEP MOISTURE INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. THE COMBINATION OF THIS MOISTURE AND ATMOSPHERIC LIFT CREATED BY THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL...EPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS AND CONTRIBUTE TO ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME THERE THIS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR TO BE PRESENT AS THE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SWING THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OPERATIONS....MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY TO HANDLE POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS AS WELL AS ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood, 2 strong wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused a few roads to flood across eastern Marion county.
Heavy rains caused a few roads to flood.
A few trees and power lines were blown down as gusty winds occurred near Chunky. This high wind was caused by a gravity wave passage.
A few trees were blown down across the western portion of Meridian. This gusty wind was caused by a gravity wave passage.
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, February 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: 5383148, 5383149, 5383144, 5383145, 5383147, 5383146.