A weakening Hurricane Frances over the Florida Peninsula on September 5
Type
Tornado outbreak
Duration
September 4–8, 2004
Tornadoes confirmed
103 confirmed
Max. rating1
F3 tornado
Duration of tornado outbreak2
4 days
Fatalities
0 fatalities, 13 injuries
Damage
$5.305 million (2004 USD)[1]
Part of Hurricane Frances and the tornado outbreaks of 2004
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado
The Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak was a widespread tornado outbreak associated with Hurricane Frances that came ashore on eastern Florida on September 4–5, 2004. Outer bands from the hurricane and its remnants, when it moved across the Appalachian Mountains, produced one of the largest tornado outbreaks ever spawned by a tropical cyclone in the United States in terms of number of tornadoes confirmed since records were kept in 1950. In addition, it was the largest tornado outbreak in South Carolina history, with nearly half of the tornadoes in that state.[2]
At least 103 tornadoes were confirmed from September 4 to September 8 across the Southeast and Middle Atlantic States. However, Hurricane Beulah in 1967 and Hurricane Ivan, which affected western Florida less than two weeks after Frances, produced more tornadoes. Other tornadoes from a separate system were spawned in Iowa and Minnesota on September 5.[3] Most of the tornadoes were weak F0's and F1's but a few strong tornadoes were produced across the Carolinas. In particular, an F3 affected areas near Camden, South Carolina producing extensive damage.[4]
While the hurricane itself killed 49 including seven attributed directly to the storm, the tornadoes associated with Frances did not produce any direct fatalities.[5] However, 13 people were injured in South Carolina by the storm including five from an F2 in Chesterfield County[6] three others in Sumter County,[7] three in the Gadsden area in Richland County,[8] one near Camden in Kershaw County[4] and one in Jasper County.[9]
^Storm Events Database, NOAA
^A look back at the April 13, 2020 tornado outbreak, WLTX, April 13, 2021
^Tornado History Project - Tornado Map
^ abNCDC: Event Details
^NCDC Storm Events-Select State Archived 2008-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
^NCDC: Event Details
^NCDC: Event Details
^NCDC: Event Details
^NCDC: Event Details
and 24 Related for: Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak information
The HurricaneFrancestornadooutbreak was a widespread tornadooutbreak associated with HurricaneFrances that came ashore on eastern Florida on September...
The Hurricane Ivan tornadooutbreak was a three-day tornadooutbreak that was associated with the passage of Hurricane Ivan across the Southern United...
Florida hurricanes (2000–present) Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season HurricaneFrancestornadooutbreak List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes Lawrence...
1967, and 103 from HurricaneFrances in September 2004 (a couple weeks before Ivan). Hurricanes prior to the 1990s, when tornado records were more sparse...
made it the largest tornadooutbreak in the state at the time until the HurricaneFrancestornadooutbreak in 2004, when 42 tornadoes touched down in that...
These are some notable tornadoes, tornadooutbreaks, and tornadooutbreak sequences that have occurred in North America. The listing is U.S.-centric, with...
and EF4 tornadoes List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2010–2019) List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present) List of tornadoes and tornadooutbreaks List of...
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornadooutbreaks worldwide in 2004. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States...
kilometers) from where HurricaneFrances had struck a mere three weeks earlier. Building on the rainfall of Frances and Hurricane Ivan, Jeanne brought near-record...
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth...
to the hurricane. This became the third strong hurricane to impact Florida in 2004, the others being Hurricane Charley and HurricaneFrances. A fourth...
produced a record tornadooutbreak, with at least 119 twisters spawned collectively in nine states. Throughout the United States, the hurricane left 54 fatalities...
spawned 21 tornadoes, the largest hurricane-related tornadooutbreak on record at the time. However, it was overwhelmingly surpassed by Hurricane Beulah in...
with Hurricane Ivan, which spawned 120 tornadoes. Lists of Atlantic hurricanes List of tornadoes and tornadooutbreaks List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes List...
28, 2020. "With 8 tornadoes spawned in Arkansas from the remnants of Hurricane Laura, this is the largest recorded tornadooutbreak/event in the month...
intensity, 960 at hurricane intensity, and 333 at major hurricane intensity within the Atlantic Ocean since 1851, the first Atlantic hurricane season to be...
Channel. Retrieved March 21, 2021. "At least 2 people dead, 3 missing after tornado touches down in Bertie County". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. August 4, 2020. Archived...
the original (PDF) on May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014. "Cost of TornadoOutbreak Could Reach $3.7 Billion". "Reconstrução do Rio Grande do Sul vai custar...
(2005 USD), mostly as a result of crop damage. Further south, the hurricane spawned a tornado in the Florida Keys. In the island chain, Katrina caused heavy...
disasters in the United States Freedmen massacres List of notable disease outbreaks in the United States List of disasters in New York City by death toll...
relative humidity is highest in the winter. Tornadoes are most likely in the spring. Major tornadooutbreaks affected parts of eastern North Carolina on...
blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster was Hurricane Jeanne, which killed more than 3,000 people...
cool air resulted in a tornadooutbreak that extended from Georgia through the Mid-Atlantic states. The origins of Hurricane Jeanne were from a tropical...
Global Information