Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 7, 2004

Name: Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 7, 2004
Start: 2004-07-07T12:30
End: 2004-07-07T19:00
Location: Tennessee

July 7, 2004 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
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 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 Jul 7, 8:50 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 8:50 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
950 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM STRETCHES FROM ABOUT PARIS TN TO JONESBORO AR
THIS MORNING. ONLY A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTHWARD PROGRESS IS EXPECTED
IF ANY AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST AND
UNSTABLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. 12Z LZK INDICATES AFTERNOON
CAPES CLIMBING CLOSE TO 5000 J/KG. WITH SOME DRY ALOFT...ISOLATED
STORMS COULD CONTAIN HIGH WINDS. WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS ARE
HIGH...AROUND 12800 FT...REDUCING THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL. SATELLITE
INDICATES MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OVER OK/AR IS BEGINNING TO
WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD. REMNANTS OF THIS SYSTEM OR
CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES FROM THIS SYSTEM COULD AFFECT PART OF NORTH MS
THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST IS OK. HOWEVER...FORECAST MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES MAY NOT BE HIGH ENOUGH FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR AN UPDATE.

&&

.MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
MO...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 2:05 AM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
305 AM CDT WED JUL 7 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>092-081100-
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-
305 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

.DAY ONE...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY.

.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. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR
WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 11:53 AM CST, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1253 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

TNZ090-091-071815-
HARDEMAN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
1253 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...HARDEMAN AND MCNAIRY
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF POCAHONTAS AT
1253 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN HARDEMAN AND MCNAIRY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
SELMER...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:02 PM CST, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
102 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

ARZ058-MSZ010-071815-
COAHOMA MS-PHILLIPS AR-
102 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...COAHOMA AND PHILLIPS
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CRUMROD AT 102 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE IN COAHOMA AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
CLARKSDALE AND ELAINE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Henderson

When: July 7, 12:30 PM CST to 12:35 PM CST
Where: Henderson County, 6 mi WNW of Bargerton
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $750
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.767, -88.600

Flash Flood, Hardin

When: July 7, 5:45 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Hardin County, 5 mi E of Morris Chapel
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.199, -88.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One road was closed due to flooding.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5415192, 5415193.