1 strong wind, 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 Feb 25, 3:18 AM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 318 AM CST WED FEB 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL L0W OVER EAST TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TODAY AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN BECOME A SHORT WAVE AS IT SWINGS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ALABAMA AND GEORGIA THURSDAY. IN THE MEANTIME A RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE ROCKYS TODAY THEN SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY. THE LOW CLOSES OFF AGAIN OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS FRIDAY THEN DROPS SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND OFF SHORE SATURDAY. THE RIDGE MAKES SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE EASTERN STATES OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE ANOTHER CLOSED LOW MOVES ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. AT THE SURFACE A STRONG HIGH TO THE NORTH AND A LOW MOVING EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL CAUSE A TIGHT GRADIENT AND RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE CAUSING OVERRUNNING RAINS TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE MID SOUTH. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE. COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW MAY CAUSE SNOW TO MIX WITH THE RAIN OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SINCE BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY TO THE EAST HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN BEHIND IT AND BRING AN END TO THE RAIN OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY MORNING AND SPREAD DRIER AIR INTO THE MID SOUTH FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY A WARMING TREND OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE SUNDAY. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && JCL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 424 AM CST WED FEB 25 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>092-261200- 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- 424 AM CST WED FEB 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY OVER THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY EVENING. 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds knocked down a utility pole near the town of Como. A car then tried to avoid the pole and drove into some of the wires causing a small grass fire.
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, February 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: 5386279.