1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 May 29, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ISOLATED SEA BREEZE TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 82 THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. IT WILL BE RATHER HOT AGAIN SUNDAY AS MOST SITES TOP OUT AROUND 90 DEGREES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT SUNDAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE AS THE WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS THAT WILL APPROACH OUR REGION. IN FACT...A RATHER ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS SHAPING UP FOR NEXT WEEK BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT. A POTENT SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO OUR REGION SUNDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER OUR AREA. AN +80KT UPPER JET WILL HELP DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO OUR WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS SUNDAY NIGHT. THE INGREDIENTS WILL BE PRESENT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR OVER THE DELTA REGION JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MONDAY MORNING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND REMAIN THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS A SECOND SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY SETTING OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...UPPER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY THURSDAY WITH THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EAST COAST AND A RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS STATES. THIS WILL HELP PUSH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY RESULTING IN DECREASING RAIN CHANCES IN THE NORTH AND INCREASING RAIN CHANCES IN THE SOUTH. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY NIGHT. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A POTENT SHORT WAVE MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY THAT WILL BEGIN CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS A RESULT THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN LIFTING NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT AND INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER OUR WESTERN PARISHES AND COUNTIES. THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE NORTH SATURDAY INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND THE CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS THE WHOLE CWA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 72 92 73 85 / 20 10 60 60 MERIDIAN 72 92 73 85 / 20 10 60 60 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 324 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 302024- 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- 324 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...NON PRECIPITATION... SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY EXCEED 20 MILES PER HOUR OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF LINE FROM NATCHEZ TO COLUMBUS. PERSONS PLANNING TO VENTURE OUT OVER OPEN WATER SHOULD EXPECT ROUGH CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO MID WEEK. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER THE REGION DURING THIS PERIOD. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... UNSEASONABLY STRONG WIND FIELDS COMBINED WITH SUMMER-LIKE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE...WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL. IT IS EXPECTED THAT A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP OVER ARKANSAS AND GRADUALLY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...EVENTUALLY REACHING THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR BY MEMORIAL DAY MORNING. THE GREATER RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE OVER AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI LINE...AND MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE MEMORIAL DAY. WHILE IT APPEARS THAT DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY MODE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THERE IS SOME RISK FOR TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN JET STREAM WINDS WILL BE MOST SUPPORTIVE. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT...AND PROVIDE AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMINESS AND HEAVY RAINFALL TUESDAY. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACTS ON A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. .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 NECESSARY AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 162 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:41 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
This weak tornado touched down in an open field, spotters watched it as it slowly moved north northeast. No damage occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2004Warnings in Mississippi, May 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: 5396712, 5396713.