4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 5:52 PM CST, 12 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 552 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE THE GRIDS AND ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR LACK OF RAINFALL UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. ALL OTHER GRID ELEMENTS APPEAR OKAY SO WILL ONLY UPDATE THE RAINFALL AREAS. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && AC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 530 AM CST TUE NOV 23 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>092-241200- 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- 530 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD TODAY AND WILL BRING WARM MOIST AIR INTO THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH BY TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SEVERE STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR WEST TENNESSEE...EXTREME EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. KRS
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:36 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A barn was damaged by a fire started by lightning.
One business had huge areas of its roof torn off. The dugout at the Bruce High School baseball field was severely damaged with its roof blown off and numerous concrete blocks blown off. Several trees were blown down.
Numerous trees were knocked down.
One house was knocked 12 feet off its foundation. One person was injured in that house. Three mobile homes were damaged. Several houses were damaged by falling trees. Numerous trees were blown down.
Several roads were washed out. At least one car was damaged.
One mobile home was destroyed. 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 historyWarnings in Mississippi, November 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: 5427985, 5427980, 5427987, 5427981, 5427984, 5427982, 5427986, 5427983.