3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Aug 28, 8:50 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 950 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS ACTIVITY SINCE THIS AREA HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA IS QUIET WITH VERY LITTLE CLOUD COVER RIGHT NOW. LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INDICATE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. LEFT POPS AND TEMPERATURES ALONE FOR NOW AS THEY SEEM TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 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>092-291000- 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- 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MID SOUTH REGION. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND LIKELY REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT CAUSING POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL OOZE INTO THE MID SOUTH SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ON SUNDAY. RAINFALL WILL END BY SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:19 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Three homes were evacuated due to rising flood waters. A couple of roads and bridges were washed out as well. The Hardin County Nursery was destroyed including all the plants.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Several trees and telephone poles were knocked down.
A large tree fell onto a house. Some other homes were damaged. Several trees were blown down.
Several businesses were flooded, including the Tiptonville Dairy Queen.
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, August 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: 5421347, 5422115, 5422116, 5422117, 5421348, 5421404.