The tornado outbreak of November 24, 2004

50 tornadoesAlabama, Mississippi, Florida and 3 more states

50 tornadoes touched down across 6 states between 12:30 AM and 9:10 PM CST, 1 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 2 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · November 24, 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 50 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; F3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for F3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Standard Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 50; 75th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger: 1; None rated F4 or F5
Killed: 2; Along all the paths
Injured: 14; Along all the paths
Path miles: 306; All the paths end to end
First and last: 12:30 AM to 9:10 PM; Touchdowns, Central Standard Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of November 24, 2004

12:30 AM	F2	St. Tammany Parish LA	4.0	50	0	4
12:33 AM	F0	Copiah County, Hinds County MS	1.0	30	0	0
12:35 AM	F0	Madison County MS	6.0	40	0	0
12:54 AM	F2	Lawrence County, Simpson County MS	28.0	200	0	0
1:15 AM	F2	Scott County, Leake County MS	10.5	400	0	0
1:32 AM	F1	Lawrence County MS	7.0	75	0	0
1:43 AM	F1	Leake County MS	3.0	75	0	0
1:53 AM	F2	Smith County, Jasper County and 1 more MS	38.0	600	0	4
2:10 AM	F0	Stone County MS	0.3	30	0	0
2:19 AM	F1	Neshoba County MS	4.0	100	0	0
2:25 AM	F3	Neshoba County, Winston County and 1 more MS	21.0	600	1	2
2:40 AM	F0	Perry County MS	0.2	30	0	0
2:41 AM	F1	Lauderdale County MS	12.0	300	0	0
2:50 AM	F1	Noxubee County MS	7.5	200	0	0
2:50 AM	F1	Lincoln County MS	3.0	150	0	0
3:07 AM	F1	Noxubee County MS	5.0	100	0	0
3:10 AM	F0	Greene County MS	0.3	30	0	0
3:25 AM	F0	Wayne County MS	0.2	30	0	0
4:10 AM	F2	Marengo County AL	11.9	200	0	2
4:35 AM	F1	Clarke County AL	3.0	100	0	0
4:40 AM	F0	Choctaw County AL	0.5	30	0	0
4:43 AM	F0	Marengo County, Dallas County AL	5.0	50	0	0
4:50 AM	F1	Jefferson Parish LA	4.5	75	0	0
5:07 AM	F1	Dallas County AL	14.7	300	0	1
5:10 AM	F0	Stone County MS	0.2	30	0	0
5:28 AM	F0	Jefferson County AL	1.0	50	0	0
5:49 AM	F2	Autauga County, Chilton County and 1 more AL	49.0	1,400	0	0
5:56 AM	F0	Dallas County AL	1.1	50	0	0
6:00 AM	F2	Harrison County MS	1.5	50	0	0
6:24 AM	F2	Autauga County AL	9.7	500	0	1
6:36 AM	F1	Talladega County AL	0.9	50	0	0
6:41 AM	F0	Talladega County, St. Clair County AL	5.7	250	0	0
6:48 AM	F0	Talladega County AL	3.3	100	0	0
6:48 AM	F0	Elmore County AL	2.4	50	0	0
6:59 AM	F2	Talladega County, Calhoun County AL	15.2	500	1	0
7:09 AM	F1	Tallapoosa County, Clay County AL	13.7	300	0	0
7:10 AM	F0	Mobile County AL	0.1	20	0	0
7:24 AM	F0	Montgomery County AL	4.8	75	0	0
7:35 AM	F0	Tallapoosa County AL	0.8	30	0	0
7:55 AM	F0	Baldwin County AL	0.1	30	0	0
8:09 AM	F0	Lee County AL	0.2	30	0	0
8:55 AM	F1	Santa Rosa County FL	1.0	50	0	0
10:41 AM	F1	Walton County FL	0.2	100	0	0
10:55 AM	F0	Walton County FL	0.2	50	0	0
11:50 AM	F0	Bay County FL	0.1	50	0	0
1:25 PM	F0	Union County SC	0.5	50	0	0
2:03 PM	F0	Aiken County SC	0.5	80	0	0
4:25 PM	F1	Rush County, Franklin County IN	2.1	50	0	0
5:02 PM	F0	Wayne County IN	0.1	10	0	0
9:10 PM	F0	Decatur County IN	0.5	50	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, November 24, 2004

Alabama	20	0	1
Mississippi	19	1	1
Florida	4	0	0
Indiana	3	0	0
Louisiana	2	0	0
South Carolina	2	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.