Tornadoes of 2004
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March 4 – 5
March 27
April 14
A powerful tornado struck portions of North-Central Bangladesh, killing 111 and injuring nearly 1,500 others.April 20 – 24
The powerful Utica Tornado of 2004 hit the town of Utica, Illinois, in spring of 2004. It was part of an outbreak of 30 tornadoes that formed in eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, and northern Indiana in a short period of time. The Utica tornado caused the only fatalities. Another tornado struck the city of Joliet, IllinoisJoliet, Illinois
Joliet is a city in Will and Kendall Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. As of the 2010 census, the city was the fourth-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 147,433. It continues to be Illinois' fastest growing...
, causing US$5 million in damage to the historic district in town.
May 22–30
The Hallam, NebraskaHallam, Nebraska
Hallam is a village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 276 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hallam is located at ....
, tornado on May 22, 2004, was recorded as the widest tornado in history, 2.5 miles (4 km) in diameter. It was rated an F4 on the Fujita scale
Fujita scale
The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...
, and caused one death and 37 injuries in the city of Hallam.
Beginning on May 29 after a Storm Prediction Center
Storm Prediction Center
The Storm Prediction Center , located in Norman, Oklahoma, is tasked with forecasting the risk of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the contiguous United States. The agency issues convective outlooks, mesoscale discussions, and watches as a part of this process...
high risk severe weather forecast, 149 tornadoes were confirmed in 32 hours, killing five people. The Memorial Day Weekend outbreak is considered the second largest tornado outbreak in U.S. history.
June 23 (Germany)
A severe F3 tornado hit the Saxony-Anhaltian villages of Micheln and Trebbichau. Both villages have suffered from damages.July 7 – 9 (Europe)
In PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
one tornado touched down in Wiktorów
Wiktorów
Wiktorów may refer to the following places:*Wiktorów, Wieluń County in Łódź Voivodeship *Wiktorów, Zduńska Wola County in Łódź Voivodeship *Wiktorów, Zgierz County in Łódź Voivodeship...
and Borzęcin
Borzecin
Borzęcin may refer to the following places in Poland:*Borzęcin, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Borzęcin, Łódź Voivodeship *Borzęcin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship *Borzęcin, Masovian Voivodeship...
near Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. 21 houses was damaged. One 36-old man was lifted by tornado. Other F2 tornado hit by Jelonka
Jelonka
Jelonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south-west of Hajnówka, and south of the regional capital...
and Kleszczele
Kleszczele
Kleszczele is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. Prior to 1999, it was in Białystok Voivodeship .The Yiddish playwright Peretz Hirschbein was born in Kleszczele in 1881....
near Dubicze Cerkiewne
Dubicze Cerkiewne
Dubicze Cerkiewne is a village in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne. It lies approximately south-west of Hajnówka and south of the regional capital Białystok.The village...
, Podlaskie Voivodeship. 200 buildings were damage.Skywarn Polska
July 13 – 15
The Roanoke Tornado extremely powerful F4Fujita scale
The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...
tornado that destroyed Pearson Manufacturing Plant and some civilian residences, but caused no fatalities despite a 9.6 mile path of destruction.
On July 14th a large storm system passed over the northeastern United States. It produced several severe storms, and a few tornadoes. The worst destruction was in Campbelltown, PA where 272 properties were affected by the storm, after an F3 twister struck the town around 3:00pm. Photographs of the tornado damage have been archived at Campbelltown, PA tornado
August
August 12
The second storm of the 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season2004 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2004, and lasted until November 30, 2004. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin...
, Bonnie caused minor damage and spawned several tornadoes when it made landfall several days before Hurricane Charley.
August 13 – 14
Hurricane Charley caused major damage along the FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
coast and spawned several tornadoes including F2 and F3-rated storms.
September 4–8
Hurricane FrancesHurricane Frances
Hurricane Frances was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The system crossing the open Atlantic during mid to late August, moving to the north of the Lesser Antilles while strengthening. Its outer bands affected Puerto...
produced the third highest number of tornadoes spawned by a single tropical cyclone. At the time of the outbreak, it was the second highest but was surpassed by Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season...
later that month.
September 15–18
Hurricane IvanHurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season...
produced the highest number of tornadoes from a single tropical cyclone on record. During the storm's 3.5 day outbreak, 119 tornadoes touched down over eight states. The outbreak killed nine people, six of which were in Florida and four were from a single tornado.
September 25–28
Hurricane Jeanne was the final hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season2004 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2004, and lasted until November 30, 2004. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin...
to strike the U.S., and spawned several tornadoes upon and after its landfall which caused some damage, but no deaths.
October 18 – 19
November 22 – 24
December 6 – 7
External links
- Monthly Tornado Stats (SPC)
- Annual Severe Weather Report Summary 2004 (SPC)
- U.S. tornadoes in 2004 - Tornado History Project
- Tornado project tornadoes of 2004
- Storm Data "2004 Annual Summaries" (NCDC)