Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 5 to 6, 2004

A few roads were flooded near Fitler.

A few trees were blown down.

A few power lines were blown down.

A few trees were blown down on power lines.

Four to five inches of rain fell across a large portion of Adams county on the morning of February 5th. This heavy rain caused significant street flooding in the city of Natchez along with other major flooding across the county. Mudslides were reported across the county along with several cars being flooded due to water covering streets.

A few power lines and trees were blown down.

A few trees were blown down.

A few trees were blown down.

Four to five inches of rain fell across the southeast half of Jefferson county on the morning of February 5th. Several streets were flooded in Fayette along with numerous county roads across the southeast half of the county.

A few trees were snapped.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across Copiah county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 5 businesses, dozens of county roads and damaged 4 bridges across the county.

A few trees were blown down.

Several roads were flooded in North Jackson with a few roads becoming impassable.

A few trees were blown down.

Five to six inches of rain fell across all of Lincoln county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 25 homes, damaged 7 bridges and flooded numerous roads across the county.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across the SE half of Rankin county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 22 homes, 32 businesses and numerous roads across the county.

A few trees were snapped and one tree was uprooted.

This tornado touched down just to the northwest of Harrisville and tracked northeast, passing just to the west of Braxton. This tornado caused damage to several homes along Star-Braxton Road. These homes sustained mainly roof damage along with a few homes having windows blown out. One well-constructed home had its roof peeled back. This roofing material was blown several hundred feet down wind and wrapped around trees and a fence. The worst damage occurred 1.5 miles west-norhtwest of Braxton. Here, 70 percent of the forest was flattened. The tornado continued to move northeast into Rankin county, crossing Highway 49 at the Simpson and Rankin county line.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across Simpson county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded numerous roads across the county and 2 homes.

This tornado moved into Rankin county from Simpson county and continued northeast for 1.5 miles before lifting. While in Rankin county, this tornado downed and snapped dozens of trees. The total path length was 10 miles.

Four to six inches of rain fell across Scott county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 2 homes, 3 businesses, 40 roads and damaged 6 bridges.

A few trees were blown down.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across Smith county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded numerous roads across the county and damaged one bridge.

Heavy rains caused several roads to flood around Walnut Grove and across the southern part of Leake county.

A few trees were blown down on power lines.

A few trees were blown down on power lines.

This tornado touched down 6.5 miles south-southeast of Newton and moved northeast toward Hickory. As this tornado moved northeast it uprooted numerous trees and caused minor roof damage to 2 homes. This tornado was on the ground for 8 miles.

Four to Five inches of rain fell across Franklin county during the morning of February 5th. This heavy rain flooded several roads across the county and caused one car to stall in high water.

A few trees were blown down on power lines across the county.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across Neshoba county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 62 roads across the county. Seven homes were also flooded.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across Noxubee county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded numerous roads across the county.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across Newton county on February 5th. This heavy rain caused 2 homes to flood. In addition, 50 roads were flooded across the county.

This short track tornado touched down 1 mile northwest of Collinsville and tracked northeast for 1.5 miles. This tornado blew over a house under construction, destroyed a utility shed and caused minor damage to another house. The bed of a pick-up truck was lifted and set down on a small utility trailor. In addition, several trees were uprooted as the tornado moved northeast.

Five to seven inches of rain fell across Kemper county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooed numerous roads across the county.

Four to six inches of rain fell across a large portion of Lawrence county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 3 homes and numerous roads across the county.

A few trees and power lines were blown down on the west and northwest sides of the city.

Three to six inches of rain fell across Lauderdale county on February 5th with and axis of higher amounts, between 6 and 7 inches, across the northwest portion of the county. This heavy rain caused 68 roads to flood across the county and 1 home. The intersection of Interstate 20 and 59 had 1 foot of water covering it.

Heavy rains caused a few county roads to be washed out over the northwest portion of Jefferson Davis county.

Heavy rains caused numerous roads to be flooded across the county. Two businesses were also flooded.

Heavy rains, 3 to 6 inches, caused numerous roads to flood across the northwest portion of Jasper county.

Heavy rains on February 5th caused creeks and rivers to rise out of their banks and cause flooding on February 6th. Eleven homes and 30 roads were flooded by rising streams and creeks.