The tornado outbreak of September 17, 2004
58 tornadoesVirginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and 2 more states
58 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 5:05 AM and 8:10 PM CDT, 1 of them rated F3 or stronger.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · September 17, 2004
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 58
- 53rd of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 1
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 0
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 18
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 207
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 5:05 AM to 8:10 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown.
By state
| Virginia | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 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.