3 flash flood, 2 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 8, 11:50 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1250 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... QUICK UPDATE TO THE FORECAST FORTHCOMING TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING. WSR 88D INDICATES THAT SCT SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY IS RAPIDLY ERUPTING AGAIN TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE SEA BREEZE FRONT IS MAKING PROGRESS NORTHWARD FROM COASTAL AREAS OF LA. HAVE BUMPED POPS UP TO HIGH END SCATTERED/LOW END NUMEROUS ACCORDINGLY. THE MICROBURST CHECKLIST SUGGESTS LOWER LAPSE RATES TODAY...HOWEVER STILL RUNNING THE RISK OF AN ISOLATED DOWNBURST FROM THIS ACTIVITY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHRA/TSRA. GOING HIGH TEMP FORECAST REASONABLE...AS MOST AREAS ARE ALREADY NEAR THEIR HIGHS. DID ADJUST HOURLY TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR AFFECTS OF SCT SHRA/TSRA. ZONES...PFM AND WEB IMAGES ALREADY SENT. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && GAGAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 215 PM CDT THU JUL 08 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 091915- 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- 215 PM CDT THU JUL 08 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... 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...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH JULY 15. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to five inches of rain fell in one to two hours across portions of Oktibbeha county. Portions of US Highway 82 were under water just west of Starkville. Eleven cars were reported floating along Highway 82.
Heavy rains caused a portion of highway 12 to flood near Ackerman.
Heavy rains caused several roads around town to flood.
Several trees were blown down.
Several trees were blown down on Grier Road.
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: 5411856, 5411858, 5411857, 5411854, 5411855.