1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 2:22 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 322 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .DISCUSSION... AT 3 PM...CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ALONG LINE FROM ST. LOUIS TO THE TX/OK RED RIVER BORDER AREA ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE AT A SLOW CLIP EASTWARD PERHAPS GIVING THE BEST CHANCES OF EARLY NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY ACROSS NE ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL REGION...WHERE HIGHEST CHANCES ARE EARMARKED FOR THE FORECAST TONIGHT. THE PROXIMITY OF FRONT...INTERACTING WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY...AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE THE IMPETUS FOR THE GENESIS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WFO MEMPHIS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY ON SATURDAY. TWO SITUATIONS CAN OCCUR SUNDAY. FIRST...THE FRONT HAS HAD ALREADY PROGRESSIVELY MADE IT THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH. THIS WILL LEAD TO A MORE BUT BRIEF NORTHERLY FLOW AND SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIRMASS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST. SECOND...THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS TO OUR WEST AND NORTH. THIS SITUATION WOULD LEAD TO MORE CONVECTION UPSTREAM OR NEAR THE MID SOUTH. WENT WITH FORMER SITUATION...BUT WITH PAST JUNE 2004 HISTORY...PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF FRONTAL FEATURE IS NOT PROBABLE. IT APPEARS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH BACK NORTH DURING THE WEEK...AND BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY...NEAR THE NORTHERN PRECIPICE OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE ANOMALOUS ACTIVE JUNE WITH TROPICAL AIRMASS STILL IN PLACE. REFLECTED THESE THOUGHTS BY KEEP CHANCES OF TSTMS IN THE AREA THROUGH MOST THE WEEK...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGES NEAR KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && CORDERO
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-191000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 355 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-191000- ALCORN MS-BENTON MS-CALHOUN MS-CARROLL TN-CHESTER TN-CHICKASAW MS- CLAY AR-COAHOMA MS-CRAIGHEAD AR-CRITTENDEN AR-CROCKETT TN-CROSS AR- DE SOTO MS-DECATUR TN-DUNKLIN MO-DYER TN-FAYETTE TN-GIBSON TN- GREENE AR-HARDEMAN TN-HARDIN TN-HAYWOOD TN-HENDERSON TN-HENRY TN- ITAWAMBA MS-LAFAYETTE MS-LAKE TN-LAUDERDALE TN-LAWRENCE AR-LEE MS- LEE AR-MADISON TN-MARSHALL MS-MCNAIRY TN-MISSISSIPPI AR-MONROE MS- OBION TN-PANOLA MS-PEMISCOT MO-PHILLIPS AR-POINSETT AR-PONTOTOC MS- PRENTISS MS-QUITMAN MS-RANDOLPH AR-SHELBY TN-ST. FRANCIS AR- TALLAHATCHIE MS-TATE MS-TIPPAH MS-TIPTON TN-TISHOMINGO MS-TUNICA MS- UNION MS-WEAKLEY TN-YALOBUSHA MS- 355 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAINLY WEST OF LINE FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE TO WYNNE ARKANSAS. AN VERY SLOW ENCROACHING COLD FRONT...PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FEASIBLE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED NOT TO BECOME STRONG...A FEW WILL. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE FOR SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO TAPER OFF AROUND SUNSET SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were covered with water.
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: 5406052.