Flash Flood, Attala
- When
- June 26, 4:15 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Attala County, Kosciusko
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.086, -89.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A few streets were flooded.
Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 26, 2004
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 26, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 .SYNOPSIS... THE TRAIN OF SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE NE FROM COASTAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY NOW EVIDENT ALONG THE US HWY 82 CORRIDOR WITH NUMEROUS +TSRA FROM KELD-KGLH-KCBM. LARGE COMPLEX OF TSRA THAT HAD BEEN MOVING EWD ALONG I-10 AND ACROSS SRN MS HAS BUILT NWD INTO CENTRAL MS AS SCATTERED TSRA WHERE MINIMAL SUNSHINE ALLOWED LAPS CAPES TO REACH 1500-1800J/KG BEFORE CONVECTION FIRED. EXPECT THE TWO AREAS TO MERGE THIS EVENING AND THEN FOCUS ALONG THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM... FOCUSING MECHANISM IN PLACE ALONG US HWY 82 AND INCREASING UPPER DIVERGENCE COUPLED WITH STRONGER LOW LEVEL FLOW THAT REACHES 35KTS AT 850MB AFTER 06Z...LEAD TO A CLASSIC HEAVY RAIN RISK WITH 2-3 OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN SHORT BURSTS TONIGHT. WILL ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG THE FRONT AND EXPECT HEAVIEST RAINS TO SLOWLY MIGRATE NWD BY AROUND 12Z. THANKS FOR COORDINATION...LZK...MEG...HUN. A SURFACE LOW FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN SERN AR BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AND THIS SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE TN VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE TRAILING BOUNDARY FROM THIS LOW MOVES BACK SWD INTO THE CWFA BY SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING FOR ANOTHER LESS POTENT ROUND OF RAIN. E-W THETA-E RIDGE AXIS REMAINS OVER SRN MS MONDAY NIGHT AND WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. OTHERWISE...MORE SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON TSRA TUESDAY WITH WLY FLOW IN LOWER LEVELS AND STILL HINTS OF MID LEVEL SUPPORT FOR VERTICAL MOTION UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY. && .LONG TERM... FINALLY SOME HOPE FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO DRY OUT STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...NOT LOOKING FOR A TOTAL CESSATION OF TSRA BUT MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHOULD SERVE TO DRY THINGS OUT A BIT AS WRN CONUS TROUGH AXIS LENDS SOME ASSISTANCE IN THE PROCESS. TEMPS SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO REBOUND CLOSER TO NORMS WITH MORE BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER...THIS IS JUNE AFTER ALL. RIDGE MAY BE TEMPORARY THOUGH AS MODELS DIFFER ON BREAKING IT DOWN AGAIN IN MEDIUM RANGE FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WILL OPT FOR NEAR CLIMATOLOGY POPS/TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 84 71 88 / 70 40 40 50 MERIDIAN 71 86 70 88 / 70 40 40 50 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR FLASH FLOODING HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. LA...NONE. AR...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR FLASH FLOODING ASHLEY...CHICOT. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 2:21 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 321 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 272021- 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- 321 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION...AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. ENOUGH SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN ORDER TO SUFFICIENTLY DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN DEVELOPING BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...STRONGER WIND FIELDS AROUND 2 MILES ABOVE THE EARTHS SURFACE WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND A FEW STRONG STORMS. ...FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CROSSETT ARKANSAS...TO HOLLANDALE...VAIDEN...AND CRAWFORD MISSISSIPPI. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. OVER EASTERN LOUISIANA...AND THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... 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 NEXT SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. ...CORRECTED CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... DAB
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Winston
- When
- June 26, 4:40 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Louisville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.089, -89.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several streets were flooded.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 26 to 27, 2004
- Strong Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 2004
- Strong Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 26, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 26, 2004
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kansas, June 26 to 27, 2004
- Strong Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 26, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 26, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Colorado, June 26, 2004
- Hail in Colorado, June 26, 2004
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, June 2004
Sources
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: 5402954, 5402953.