Flood, Hardin
- When
- December 8, 12:00 PM CST to December 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.199, -88.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Tennessee, December 8 to 15, 2004
The Tennessee River flooded over portions of Decatur and Hardin counties. Numerous homes, businesses and cabins were flooded.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
The Tennessee River flooded over portions of Decatur and Hardin counties. Numerous homes, businesses and cabins were flooded. Many roads in both counties were flooded.
What forecasters said that day
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 Dec 8, 10:54 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 10:54 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1054 AM CST WED DEC 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE FORECAST FOR THIS MORNING. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && JCL
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 3:50 AM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 350 AM CST WED DEC 8 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>092-091200- 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- 350 AM CST WED DEC 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... RAIN WILL LIKELY BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT WITH UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THIS MAY AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. CJC
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Decatur
- When
- December 8, 12:00 PM CST to December 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.603, -88.109 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Debris Flow and Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 8 to 9, 2004
- High Wind in Nevada, December 8, 2004
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 8, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 8, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, December 8 to 20, 2004
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 8, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, December 8, 2004
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 2004
Sources
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: 5432164, 5432165.