2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 20, 10:15 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1015 AM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 .DISCUSSION... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED FROM S INDIANA TO SE MO INTO NC AR. ALSO SHOWERS HAVE FORMED IN NE AR AND CENTRAL AR. ALL THIS ACTIVITY IS HEADED OUR WAY. THE FRONT CAUSING ALL THIS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND GO ON THROUGH SOUTHERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS STILL REMAINS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND SOME WIND STORMS BEING THE GREATEST THREAT. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && WER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 500 AM CST SAT MAR 20 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>092-211100- 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 CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE TIME OF GREATEST THREAT WILL BEGIN FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH...INCLUDING JONESBORO...DYERSBURG AND PARIS. EXPECT THE THREAT TO SHIFT SOUTH TO MEMPHIS...BOLIVAR AND SAVANNAH FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HAIL WITH PERHAPS SOME DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. SJM
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:08 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One house had some shingles blown off its roof. Some trees were blown down.
Some power lines were blown down.
One home had 4 inches of water in it. Numerous streets were flooded.
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, March 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: 5390006, 5390007, 5390008, 5390105.