4 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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 Feb 5, 3:43 AM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
343 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004
.DISCUSSION...
A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE WESTERN
PLAINS TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS
SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO THE GREAT LAKES AS AN OPEN WAVE FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE SHORT WAVES WILL CARVE A TROF OVER THE CENTER
PART OF THE COUNTRY THAT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY A
RIDGE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY.
AT THE SURFACE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LOUISIANA THIS MORNING WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
BY TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE TO THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY
MORNING. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN TODAY OVER THE MID SOUTH. FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET HAVE PROMPTED ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES
FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL UNTIL 6 AM WHEN SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE
FREEZING TO MELT MOST OF THE ICE. TWO TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH SOME AREAS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI RECEIVING UP TO 4
INCHES. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS EARLIER
THIS WEEK MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY RISE TO FLOOD LEVELS.
THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FOR MOST OF THE MID SOUTH FOR
TODAY. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES AWAY. COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE MID SOUTH
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A FEW SNOW FLURRIES CAN BE
EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
.MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...ICE STORM WARNING RANDOLPH...LAWRENCE...CLAY...GREEN AND
CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM CST. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
POINSETT AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM CST. FLOOD WATCH
TODAY FROM OF A JONESBORO TO BLYTHEVILLE LINE SOUTHWARD.
MS...FLOOD WATCH TODAY.
MO...ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST. FLOOD WATCH TODAY.
TN...ICE STORM WARNING LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM CST.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY LAUDERDALE...DYER...CROCKETT...GIBSON
AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES. FLOOD WATCH ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE TODAY.
&&
JCLHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 600 AM CST THU FEB 5 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>092-061200- 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- 600 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD FROM LOUISIANA ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND REACH MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY TONIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF THE MID SOUTH TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO INCLUDES NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JONESBORO TO BLYTHEVILLE LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FLOODING FROM RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE MID SOUTH AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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. JCL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 606 AM CST THU FEB 5 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>092-051400- 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- 606 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004 WIDESPREAD...HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE MIDSOUTH. RADAR INDICATES AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MADE IT UP TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY 6 AM CST. RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES WAS RECORDED AROUND CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI AND OVER 2 INCHES WAS TABULATED AT THE AGRICENTER IN EASTERN MEMPHIS. STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN DESOTO COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY AND WEATHER CALCULATIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY SAY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE ROADS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO TURN AROUND AND NOT DRIVE IN FLOOD WATERS. RENCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water reached up to several houses. Several streets were flooded.
Several streets were flooded.
Several roads in the county were flooded.
Two residences had flood water in their yards and nearly reached inside their homes.
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: 5385897, 5385896, 5385898, 5385899.