The tornado outbreak of September 7, 2004

54 tornadoesSouth Carolina, Florida and North Carolina

54 tornadoes touched down across 3 states between 2:20 AM and 11:00 PM CDT, 1 of them rated F3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · September 7, 2004

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 54 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 54; 63rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger: 1; None rated F4 or F5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 12; Along all the paths
Path miles: 123; All the paths end to end
First and last: 2:20 AM to 11:00 PM; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of September 7, 2004

2:20 AM	F0	Calhoun County SC	0.5	100	0
2:30 AM	F0	Jasper County SC	0.5	50	0
2:55 AM	F0	Dorchester County SC	0.5	40	0
3:46 AM	F2	Richland County SC	2.5	440	3
4:20 AM	F0	Allendale County SC	2.0	40	0
4:25 AM	F1	Richland County SC	1.0	200	0
4:40 AM	F0	Allendale County SC	1.0	40	0
5:17 AM	F0	Richland County SC	0.5	100	0
5:35 AM	F0	Barnwell County SC	0.5	100	0
6:14 AM	F0	Aiken County SC	0.5	100	0
6:28 AM	F2	Sumter County SC	4.0	500	3
6:35 AM	F1	Jasper County SC	4.0	75	0
7:40 AM	F1	Lee County SC	4.0	440	0
8:10 AM	F0	Lee County SC	0.5	100	0
8:18 AM	F0	Kershaw County SC	3.0	400	0
8:35 AM	F1	Kershaw County SC	5.0	440	0
8:48 AM	F0	Calhoun County SC	0.5	100	0
8:48 AM	F0	Clarendon County SC	0.5	100	0
9:00 AM	F0	Marion County FL	0.5	75	0
9:03 AM	F1	Sumter County SC	3.0	400	0
9:40 AM	F1	Lancaster County SC	2.0	300	0
9:45 AM	F0	Putnam County FL	0.5	75	0
10:15 AM	F3	Kershaw County SC	7.0	880	1
10:43 AM	F2	York County, Mecklenburg County SC, NC	3.0	200	0
11:00 AM	F0	St. Johns County FL	0.5	75	0
11:35 AM	F0	Darlington County SC	1.3	50	0
11:40 AM	F1	Chesterfield County SC	8.0	440	0
11:45 AM	F0	Orangeburg County SC	0.5	100	0
12:10 PM	F0	Darlington County SC	0.7	50	0
12:35 PM	F0	Duval County FL	1.0	1	0
12:38 PM	F1	Columbus County, Robeson County NC	10.0	40	0
12:40 PM	F0	St. Johns County FL	0.5	75	0
1:05 PM	F1	Marlboro County SC	5.0	100	0
1:24 PM	F1	Anson County NC	2.0	75	0
1:27 PM	F1	Marlboro County SC	0.3	25	0
1:47 PM	F0	Robeson County NC	0.1	25	0
2:11 PM	F1	Darlington County SC	0.1	30	0
2:30 PM	F1	Hampton County, Allendale County SC	4.5	100	0
2:50 PM	F0	Chesterfield County SC	1.0	150	0
2:53 PM	F1	Robeson County NC	4.2	40	0
2:56 PM	F0	Hoke County NC	0.5	25	0
3:00 PM	F0	Fairfield County SC	16.0	400	0
3:20 PM	F0	Bamberg County SC	0.5	100	0
4:45 PM	F0	Florence County, Darlington County SC	1.0	30	0
5:10 PM	F0	Robeson County NC	1.6	40	0
6:11 PM	F0	Dillon County SC	1.3	30	0
6:30 PM	F0	Anderson County SC	1.2	50	0
6:50 PM	F0	Duval County FL	1.0	1	0
7:15 PM	F1	Chester County SC	0.5	50	0
7:23 PM	F2	Chesterfield County SC	7.0	440	5
8:05 PM	F0	Allendale County SC	0.5	40	0
8:05 PM	F0	Marlboro County SC	0.5	25	0
8:20 PM	F0	Allendale County SC	1.0	50	0
11:00 PM	F1	Union County SC	4.0	225	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, September 7, 2004

South Carolina	42	1
Florida	6	0
North Carolina	6	0

Tornadoes in 2004 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.