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 Sep 13, 2:57 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 357 AM CDT MON SEP 13 2004 .UPDATED DISCUSSION... HAVE OPTED TO INTRODUCE LOW POPS FOR THURSDAY ACROSS NE MS...IN EXTENDED FORECAST...AFTER LISTENING TO NHC CONFERENCE CALL. FORECAST TRACK HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO THE LEFT...MORE THROUGH ALABAMA ON THURSDAY. WEST SIDE OF STORM COULD BRUSH NE MS. HEAVIER PRECIP WILL BE EAST OF STORM TRACK...BUT FEEL A MENTION IS NECESSARY FOR PART OF MY AREA. HAVE ADJUSTED INCREASED CLOUDS AND LOWERED TEMPS FOR THURSDAY IN THAT AREA AS WELL. && .MAIN POINTS OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 215 AM... STILL LOOKING AT A FEW SHRA/TSRA OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. LOOKS LIKE AN INSTANT REPLAY OF YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 60S. NO INDICATIONS OF FOG YET...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME BY SUNRISE. && .SHORT TERM (THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... UPPER VORT STILL RESIDING OVER WEST TENNESSEE...AND MOVING ONLY VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD. ETA SOUNDINGS STILL SHOW POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION ACROSS ABOUT EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST MID-AFTERNOON...BEFORE MID-LEVEL TEMPS WARM ENOUGH TO CAP AIRMASS. IF CONVECTION IS ANYTHING LIKE YESTERDAY...COULD BE A FEW HAILERS. FORECAST TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE. TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE DRY. SEE LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE TEMPERATURE FORECAST. FRONT TO NORTHWEST SHOULD REMAIN THERE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND IVAN SHOULDNT BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO AFFECT US QUITE THAT QUICK. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND)... EARLY PORTION OF EXTENDED FORECAST DEPENDS ON EVENTUAL TRACK OF IVAN. 00Z RUN OF ETA/NGM WOULD INDICATE LANDFALL MUCH FURTHER WEST THAN CURRENT TRACK. PLAN TO KEEP WITH NHC TRACK AND KEEP MOST OF FORECAST AREA DRY. FRIDAY AND BEYOND SHOULD BE DRY ALL AROUND. TEMPS COOL A LITTLE TOWARD NORMAL NEXT WEEKEND. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && WAGNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 416 AM CDT MON SEP 13 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>092-141000- 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- 416 AM CDT MON SEP 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH WILL ALLOW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TODAY...GENERALLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few road were closed across the county.
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, September 2004
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