2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 7:41 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
841 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
.DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY IN LINES
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST ARKANSAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE AND CONTAINED VERY
HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
ACCUMULATED AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE 3 HOURS ENDING AT 8 PM
IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY. SIMILAR AMOUNTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER WEST
ARE ABOUT TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS IN THAT COUNTY. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL 3 TO 4 INCHES IN CRAIGEAD COUNTY THIS EVENING.
HEAVY RAINS BUT NOT QUITE AS HEAVY AMOUNTS HAVE ALSO AFFECTED
POINSETT COUNTY. MORE RAIN DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
WILL LIKELY AFFECT WESTERN AREAS OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER NORTH
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHERN WEST TENNESSEE. THE ACTIVITY IN NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS IS ALSO SEEN SPREADING EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR AT LEAST THE REMAINDER OF THIS
EVENING. PRESENT ZONE FORECAST IS ON TRACK. UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED
AS NEEDED.
&&
.MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLOOD WATCH MAINLY NORTH OF I-40.
MS...NONE.
MO...FLOOD WATCH.
TN...FLOOD WATCH IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER COUNTIES FROM TIPTON
NORTHWARD TO LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES.
&&
JCLHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 705 PM CDT FRI APR 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>092-241100- 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- 705 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE CHANCE OF STORMS CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS RELATIVELY LOW BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI WILL RETURN NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THAT OCCUR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ON SUNDAY...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 653 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ026-027-240030- CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR- 653 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CRAIGHEAD AND POINSETT COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EGYPT TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASH AT 653 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAY...BONO...BROOKLAND...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY AND TRUMANN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 804 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ028-240130- MISSISSIPPI AR- 804 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...MISSISSIPPI COUNTY. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEACHVILLE TO 20 MILES WEST OF DYESS AT 804 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI COUNTY AROUND 830 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLYTHEVILLE... GOSNELL...KEISER...LEACHVILLE...LUXORA...MANILA...OSCEOLA AND WILSON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
844 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG MONETTE 35.89N 90.34W
04/23/2004 CRAIGHEAD AR EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN
&&
MMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
851 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0819 PM FLASH FLOOD JONESBORO 35.82N 90.69W
04/23/2004 CRAIGHEAD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTOS STALLED IN DEEP WATER IN FRONT OF SHERIFFS OFFICE.
&&
MMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 902 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 TNZ049-240245- TIPTON TN- 902 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...TIPTON COUNTY. AT 858 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNFORD NEAR HILTON ARKANSAS TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TURRELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN TIPTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF COVINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
910 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0819 PM FLASH FLOOD JONESBORO 35.82N 90.69W
04/23/2004 CRAIGHEAD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
CORRECTION...AUTOS STALLED IN DEEP WATER IN FRONT OF
POLICE STATION IN JONESBORO
&&
MMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One bridge was about one foot under water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 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: 5392547, 5392546, 5392548.