17 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 3:20 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 420 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT NOW OVER THE EXTREME NW PART OF AR WILL MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA LATER TONIGHT. AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE HAS DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA LATER THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE. A FEW TORNADIC SUPERCELLS COULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SITUATION IS COVERED WELL BY A TORNADO WATCH AND SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK INCLUDING MOST OF THE CWA UNDER A HIGH RISK. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR NE AR/MO BOOTHEEL. WILL LET THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE AT 6 PM SINCE SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD DIP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THAT TIME. EXPECT THE COLD FRONT TO CLEAR THE REST OF THE NRN MS COUNTIES MONDAY. A SLGT CHC OF TSTMS STILL REMAINS OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE CWA MONDAY...BUT THE SVR RISK IS LOW. OTHER SHORTWAVES WILL BRING CHCS OF SHWRS/TSTMS LATER IN THE FCST PERIOD BUT NOTHING LOOKS SEVERE AT THIS TIME. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...WIND ADVISORY FOR NE AR UNTIL 6 PM. MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && SWC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 545 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 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>092-311100- ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- 545 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... A MAJOR OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF AN OXFORD TO CORINTH LINE AND INCLUDES JONESBORO...BLYTHEVILLE... DYERSBURG...MEMPHIS...JACKSON AND CLARKSDALE. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE REST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF AN OXFORD TO CORINTH LINE AND INCLUDES TUPELO. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT PROVIDING THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS DURING THE EVENING. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME PERIOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE OTHER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE WEEK. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG. SWC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
841 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 PM TSTM WND GST POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
05/30/2004 60 MPH RANDOLPH AR AMATEUR RADIO
WINDS GUSTS REPORTED TO 60 MPH
0703 PM TSTM WND DMG POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
05/30/2004 RANDOLPH AR CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGE TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN
0720 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W EGYPT 35.87N 90.95W
05/30/2004 60 MPH CRAIGHEAD AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH
0737 PM TSTM WND DMG PIGGOTT 36.38N 90.20W
05/30/2004 CLAY AR TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
0738 PM TSTM WND GST 4 S PARAGOULD 36.00N 90.51W
05/30/2004 60 MPH GREENE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
GUSTS TO 60 MPH
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG PIGGOTT 36.38N 90.20W
05/30/2004 CLAY AR PUBLIC
SHEDS DESTROYED...TRAILERS DAMAGED...LOTS OF TREES
KNOCKED DOWN.
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N WEINER 35.69N 90.90W
05/30/2004 POINSETT AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES AND SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE
POINSETT AND CRAIGHEAD COUNTY LINE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 49
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N CLARKTON 36.48N 89.97W
05/30/2004 DUNKLIN MO AIRPLANE PILOT
POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN BETWEEN CLARKTON AND MALDEM.
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG CLARKTON 36.45N 89.97W
05/30/2004 DUNKLIN MO TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN CLARKTON AND THE NEARBY TOWN
OF MCGUIRE.
0810 PM TSTM WND GST SENATH 36.13N 90.16W
05/30/2004 60 MPH DUNKLIN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
0810 PM TSTM WND DMG SENATH 36.13N 90.16W
05/30/2004 DUNKLIN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN
&&
CORDEROThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
17 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were blown down.
Fourteen homes were damaged.
Several trees were blown down with some of the trees falling on a house.
Some trees were knocked down.
Several trees were blown down.
Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.
A drug store was damaged and several buildings suffered roof damage. Some trees were knocked down.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
The tornado touched down just west of Walnut and moved northeast. One house was badly damaged and the steeple was blown off the Walnut Baptist Church. Numerous trees were blown down.
Sixty homes, six businesses and ten cars were damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the county.
One building had its roof blown off. Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
Several trees were knocked down.
Some trees were blown down.
Several trees were knocked down.
A few trees were blown down.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Some trees were knocked down.
Some trees and power lines were knocked down.
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: 5395753, 5395832, 5395829, 5395754, 5395755, 5395828, 5395756, 5395757, 5395758, 5395759, 5395830, 5395760, 5395824, 5395825, 5395826, 5395827, 5395833, 5395834, 5395831.