2 flash flood, 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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 4:35 AM CST, 9 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 535 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004 .DISCUSSION... MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS...SO DID NOT SEE THE NEED TO MAKE ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT PACKAGE. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EARLY ALLOWED TEMPS TO GET SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN EXPECTED...MAY SEE A FEW AREAS GET BACK TO 94 AGAIN TODAY. EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE SEABREEZE AND MOVING INLAND. MODELS PW VALUES WERE UP TO 2 INCHES BY THE AFTERNOON...WITH LI VALUES AROUND -6 TO -8 JUST NORTH OF I-20. NOT REALLY SURE WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH MIDWEST THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO AREA TONIGHT...BUT SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE PROPAGATING TO SOUTH/SOUTHEAST FAIRLY QUICKLY. DID NOT GO WITH HIGH POPS FOR NORTHERN AREAS...STILL LOOKING FOR THE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO CWA LATER. FOR TODAY CONTINUED WITH HIGHER POPS SOUTH...ALTHOUGH HEATING MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT EVERYWHERE...AGAIN THE SOUTH SEEMS MORE FAVORABLE. THE FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH GFS SEEMS TO BRING THE FRONT DOWN TO THE COAST...STILL DO NOT EXPECT BOUNDARY TO MOVE MUCH FURTHER THAN 20 BEFORE STALLING. NOT SURE WHAT TO THINK OF THE MODELS THURSDAY/FRIDAY. 00Z ETA HAD AN INVERTED FEATURE MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA...NOW THE 6Z RUN OF THE GFS SHOWS SOMETHING. LEFT RAIN IN THE FORECAST REGARDLESS...WITH FRONT HANGING AROUND AND PW VALUES BACK UP TO 2 INCHES...EXPECT TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT DEVELOPS FOR FRIDAY. GFS MAINTAINS A FEW AREAS OF RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT CAN NOT SEE WHAT MAY BE CAUSING THIS. DID NOT SEE ANY SHORTWAVES...FRONTS OR ANY OTHER FEATURES...MAYBE THE WASHED OUT FRONT. RATHER THAN FLIP FLOP ON THE EXTENDED...DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. TEMPS SEEMED GOOD...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH...SO EVEN WITH SOME CLOUDS NEAR 90/LOWER 90S SHOULD BE GOOD. AGAIN PREVIOUS PACKAGE WAS OK. && PRELIMINARY NUMBERS JAN GT 093/071 090/071 090 325 MEI GB 093/070 090/070 091 424 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1219 PM CDT TUE JUL 06 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 071056- 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- 1219 PM CDT TUE JUL 06 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...PRIMARILY WEST OF A GRENADA TO YAZOO CITY TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI LINE . ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISK FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. THIS AFTERNOON...THE SEA BREEZE FRONT HAS BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. MEANWHILE...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. THE COMBINATION OF DEEP MOISTURE AND TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HEAT WILL ALLOW SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WILL BE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE INSTABILITY...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WILL BE CLOSEST TO BETTER WIND SHEAR ALOFT. THUS...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... ON WEDNESDAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WAVE...COMBINED WITH A COLD FRONT...A VERY MOIST AIRMASS AND GOOD UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION WILL HELP SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN DAYTIME HEATING IS AT ITS PEAK. MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DUMPING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... 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...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...JULY 12. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
918 AM CDT TUE JUL 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S JONESVILLE 31.58N 91.83W
07/05/2004 60 MPH CATAHOULA LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0435 PM TSTM WND GST 7 S BROOKHAVEN 31.48N 90.45W
07/05/2004 45 MPH LINCOLN MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0650 PM TSTM WND GST BRANDON 32.28N 90.00W
07/05/2004 45 MPH RANKIN MS EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE LIMB CRASHED THROUGH ROOF. EXIT SIGN BLOWN OVER ON
INTERSTATE 20.
0705 PM TSTM WND GST 6 S YAZOO CITY 32.77N 90.41W
07/05/2004 45 MPH YAZOO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN.
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG CANTON 32.61N 90.03W
07/05/2004 MADISON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
GAGANThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded in the northern part of the county.
Two trees downed power lines on Jackson-Liberty Drive.
Heavy rains caused a portion of Jackson-Liberty Road to flood.
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, July 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: 5411852, 5411850, 5411851.