1 tornado, 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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 7:50 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 850 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... TONIGHT...SEVERE WEATHER IS BEARING DOWN ON THE MID STATE AS TO OUR WEST MEM AND PAH WFOS HAVE ALREADY ISSUED NUMEROUS SVR AND TOR WARNINGS. AS A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS ADVANCES EASTWARD TOWARDS THE MID STATE...A SQUALL LINE OF SVR THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ENTER EXTREME NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AROUND 10 PM...INTO THE BNA AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THE THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL LEAVE THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION AROUND 9 AM MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT TO UPDATE THE ZONE PACKAGE LATER TONIGHT TO ADD WATCHES FOR SEVERE WEATHER. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. TONIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE HEAVIER STORMS SECTIONS OF THE MID STATE COULD SEE AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES AND SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING OVER THREE INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME NO CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1246 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-311030- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 1246 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WHILE TAKING ON NEGATIVE TILT. A BAND OF SOUTHWESTERLY 60 MPH WINDS AT THE MID LEVELS WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS TONIGHT. AT HIGHER LEVELS...THE PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFLUENT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE EAST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN PROBLEMS FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT. BOYD 01
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1244 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1212 AM FLASH FLOOD CHARLOTTE 36.18N 87.35W
05/31/2004 DICKSON TN AMATEUR RADIO
FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 46 IN DICKSON AND CHARLOTTE.
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04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1245 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1220 AM TSTM WND GST IRON CITY 35.03N 87.58W
05/31/2004 60 MPH LAWRENCE TN PUBLIC
TREES DOWN
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04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1248 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM HAIL 20 N LAWRENCEBURG 35.54N 87.34W
05/31/2004 1.00 INCH LEWIS TN TRAINED SPOTTER
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04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
100 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 AM TSTM WND GST CHAPEL HILL 35.63N 86.70W
05/31/2004 70 MPH MARSHALL TN AMATEUR RADIO
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04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
108 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 AM TORNADO 12 S PULASKI 35.02N 87.03W
05/31/2004 GILES TN AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO.
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04PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
118 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 AM TSTM WND DMG WAYNESBORO 35.32N 87.76W
05/31/2004 WAYNE TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN MANY PARTS OF COUNTY.
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04The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:21 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A mobile home was demolished at 223 Hart Rd. Several trees were uprooted along the tornado's path. The estimated damage due to the tornado was around $20,000.
Numerous trees and power lines were down. Flat Creek and Hilltop areas were hardest hit. A 2-story brick home lost the front porch which was facing west at 415 Smith Chapel Rd. The damage to the home was estimated to be about $40,000. The EMA Director estimated one million dollars worth of damage to utilities because of the straight line winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 2004Warnings in Tennessee, May 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: 5396239, 5395034.