1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Mar 3, 9:29 PM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 929 PM CST WED MAR 3 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FORECAST TO ADD DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR NE AR...AND TO LOWER POPS TONIGHT AREA WIDE. NEAREST PRECIPITATION IS IN WRN AR AND NW LA...SHOULD NOT AFFECT AREA BEFORE MORNING. HAVE ALSO MASSAGED TEMPS AND WINDS A LITTLE. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...DENSE FOG ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR CLAY...GREENE...LAWRENCE... RANDOLPH AND CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && WAGNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 157 AM CST FRI MAR 4 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>092-051200- 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- 157 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE OVER 20 MPH AT TIMES WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY SOUTHEAST OF A JACKSON TO OXFORD LINE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY. 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 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree which was more than 100 years old was blown down.
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: 5390124.