2 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Jul 5, 1:17 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 217 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE FRONT BISECTS THE AREA ROUGHLY ALONG THE TN/MS BORDER. SCT-NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN UNSTABLE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT ACRS NRN MS. THOUGH INSTABILITY IS DECENT WITH CAPES AROUND 2500 J/KG...UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND LAPSE RATES ARE MARGINAL. A FEW STORMS HAVE APPROACHED SEVERE LIMITS BUT THE MAIN THREAT WL BE HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PRECIP H20 VALUES GREATER THAN 2 INCHES AND SLOW STORM MOVEMENT MAY RESULT IN HEAVY RAIN TOTALS IN AREAS THAT DO EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS. WL MENTION HEAVY RAIN THREAT EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT STORMS TO DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF HEATING. HOWEVER SOME REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. TROPICAL STORM CINDY WL PROBABLY NOT IMPACT THE MID SOUTH MUCH. MODELS AND HPC TRACK INDICATE MOST OF THE PRECIP IMPACTS WITH THIS SYSTEM WL STAY ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. ON WED SFC FRONT WL BE HUNG UP OVER NORTHERN MS WHILE CINDY TRACKS TO THE SRN MS/AL BORDER BY 00Z THU. EXPECT SCT TSTMS DEVELOPMENT ACRS NE MS WHILE DRIER AIR ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM WORKS INTO NW SXNS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WED NIGHT CINDY TRACKS INTO CNTRL AL AND PRECIP CHANCES WL DIMINISH ACRS NE MS. MEANWHILE DRY SINKS OVER EVEN MORE OF THE CWFA. THU THROUGH WEEKEND...HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL OF THE REGION WITH A LESS HUMID NORTHEAST WIND PREVAILING THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPS WILL BE SEASONABLY WARM. EARLY NEXT WEEK STARTED TO ADD POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBILITY OF TS DENNIS IMPACTING THE REGION. .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. SJM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 323 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-061000- 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- 323 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI BEFORE DIMINISHING. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ALSO...STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 129 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 MSZ015-051845- PONTOTOC MS- 129 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...PONTOTOC COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PONTOTOC AT 129 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN PONTOTOC COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PONTOTOC...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a concrete and brick parapet sending bricks through the canopy of a business in Pontotoc. The bricks also broke the windshield on one parked car and damaged two other cars. Another business had awning damage as well.
A couple of roads were impassible due to flooding.
Some roads were impassible due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2005
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: 5465437, 5465435, 5465436.