4 flash flood, 4 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 Jun 1, 2:20 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 320 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION APPROACHING FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING. ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO WRN ZONES EARLY TODAY...EXITING ERN ZONES LATE AFTERNOON. BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FIELDS WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SRN ZONES. HEALTHY CONVECTION NOTED IN VICINITY OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SERN ZONES THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE WITH A SLIGHT NWD SHIFT DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP AFTERNOON TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL MOST LOCATIONS DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTION. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE DROPS INTO WRN ZONES LATE TONIGHT BUT MID LEVEL MOISTURE LOOKS LIMITED AND THE AIR MASS WILL STABILIZE SOMEWHAT. LEFT IN CHANCE POPS NWRN ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG LEADING EDGE OF DEEPER MOISTURE WITH THE NEXT WAVE. LONG WAVE TROUGH IN NRN STREAM PIVOTS THIS WAY DURING THE DAY TO ADD TO UPPER SUPPORT FOR HIGHER POPS WEDNESDAY. SHORTWAVE TRACK CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION BUT HARD TO PINPOINT BOUNDARY LOCATIONS AFTER WEDNESDAY. NEXT BOUNDARY FORECAST INTO NRN ZONES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH REMNANTS INDICATED SOMEWHERE S OF INTERSTATE 20 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS AGREE THAT WEAK UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL BE IN PLACE SRN ZONES THURSDAY AFTERNOON SO LEFT BEST CONVECTION COVERAGE SRN AND CENTRAL AREAS. MODELS CONTINUING PREVIOUS TREND TO SHIFT BOUNDARY NEAR SRN BORDER FRIDAY...LEAVING AIR MASS RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE IN ITS WAKE. LOW LEVEL SLY FLOW REDEVELOPING SATURDAY WITH GENERAL TROUGHING OVER REGION TO MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 354 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 012054- 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- 354 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE FOR GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORM DOWN DRAFTS. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20... VERY ISOLATED...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS. WITH A COLD FRONT STALLED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20....A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA. MARGINAL SHEAR PROFILES NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AREA WILL ENABLE THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW MULTI CELL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AT AROUND SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ...FLOODING... IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...PERSISTENT DOWNPOURS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE SEEN ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ON TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE FOR THUNDERSTORM RELATED WIND GUSTS. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVING BY TO THE NORTH WILL LIFT THE STALLED FRONT NORTHWARD TO BE OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON BOTH AFTERNOONS. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT 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 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY NIGHT...JUNE 7. 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.
4 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to four inches of rain fell across northwest portions of Lamar county early Tuesday morning. A few homes were flooded, along with numerous streets, as creeks quickly rose out of their banks.
Four to five inches of rain fell across the city if Hattiesburg and portions of northern Forrest county early Tuesday morning. Seven homes were flooded along with a few businesses. Numerous streets were flooded and several roads were closed.
Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down across Vicksburg and just to the south of the city.
A few trees were blown down.
After a brief break in the rain, additional storms developed and brought more heavy rain to previously flooded areas. This second round of rain flooded a few roads across Hattiesburg.
A few trees were blown down.
Several trees were blown down across the county.
Brief heavy rains caused a few streets to flood around Laurel.
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, June 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: 5402546, 5402638, 5402640, 5402641, 5402639, 5402642, 5402643, 5402644.