The tornado outbreak of November 23, 2004
48 tornadoesTexas, Louisiana, Mississippi and 2 more states
48 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 10:40 AM and 11:40 PM CST, 2 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 2 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · November 23, 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
- 48
- 79th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 2
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 2
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 24
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 190
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 10:40 AM to 11:40 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown.
By state
| Texas | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 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.