Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak

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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.

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 then two weeks after Frances, produced more tornadoes. Other tornadoes from a separate system were spawned in Iowa and Minnesota on September 5.[1] 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.[2]

While the hurricane itself killed 49 including seven attributed directly to the storm, the tornadoes associated with Frances did not produced any direct fatalities[3]. However, 13 people were injured in South Carolina by the storm including five from an F2 in Chesterfield County[4] three others in Sumter County,[5] three in the Gadsden area in Richland County,[6] one near Camden in Kershaw County [7] and one in Jasper County.[8]

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[edit] Tornado table

Confirmed
Total		 Confirmed
F0		 Confirmed
F1		 Confirmed
F2		 Confirmed
F3		 Confirmed
F4		 Confirmed
F5
103 72 25 5 1 0 0

[edit] Confirmed tornadoes

[edit] September 4 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
F0 E of St. Cloud Osceola 1404 0.1 miles
(0.16 km)		 A sheriff's vehicle was pushed off the road
F0 Gibsonia/Galloway area Polk 0108 3.6 miles
(5.8 km)		 Weak tornado with no damage
Source: Tornado History Project - September 4, 2004 Storm Data

[edit] September 5 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
Florida
F0 Fruit Cove area St. Johns 0805 5 miles
(8 km)		 Weak tornado with little or no damage
F0 NW of Citra area Marion 0905 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Some roof damage
F0 Orange Park area Clay 1110 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 Palm Coast area Flagler 1220 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage to some homes
F0 SE of Gopher Ridge St. Johns 1225 3 miles
(4.8 km)		 Damage to some homes
F0 Wellbom area Suwannee 1730 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 W of Crescent City Putnam 1813 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Minor property and tree damage
F0 N of Francis to Interlachen Putnam 2150 10 miles
(16 km)		 A trampoline was picked up.
F0 High Springs area Alachua 2200 5 miles
(8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 SE of Durbin St. Johns 0515 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Minor damage to homes
Georgia
F0 NW of Shiloh Lowndes 1915 0.2 miles
(0.32 km)		 Trees were uprooted
F0 Darien area McIntosh 2330 0.3 miles
(0.5 km)		 Trees and power lines were damaged and a porch was ripped off a house
F0 NE of Riceboro Liberty 0305 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage to tree limbs and a roof
F0 SW of Daniel Bryan 0630 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees and power lines
F0 NE of Excelsior Bulloch, Candler 0720 5 miles
(8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
Source: Tornado History Project - September 5, 2004 Storm Data

[edit] September 6 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
South Carolina
F0 NW of Jacksonboro Colleton 1605 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F1 N of Hilton Head Island Beaufort 1740 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Damage to one home
F1 SE of Hardeeville Jasper 1755 2 miles
(3.2 km)		 Damage mostly to trees although one tree fell on a mobile home injuring 1 occupant
F0 Fort Motte area Calhoun 0620 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 NE of Hardeeville Jasper 0630 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 SE of Dorchester Dorchester 0655 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F2 Gadsden] area Richland 0746 2.5 miles
(4 km)		 3 mobile homes were destroyed with other damaged as well as two businesses. 3 people were injured
Florida
F0 SW of Bartow Polk 1332 0.3 miles
(0.5 km)		 Brief touchdown with no damage
F0 Jupiter area Palm Beach 1940 0.2 miles
(0.32 km)		 Brief touchdown with no damage
F1 Green Cove Springs area Clay 2145 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 7 powerboats, 6 sailboats and 1 boat house were destroyed
F0 NW of Fruit Cove (1st tornado) St. Johns 2210 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Minor damage reported
F0 NW of Fruit Cove (2nd tornado) St. Johns 2220 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Minor damage reported
F0 NE of Hudson Pasco 0100 0.2 miles
(0.32 km)		 Damage limited to trees
Georgia
F1 NW of Fleming Liberty 1200 8.5 miles
(13.6 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F1 Savannah area Chatham, GA, Jasper, SC 1402 6 miles
(9.6 km)		 Damage to trees and power lines as well as a destroyed fence
Source: Tornado History Project - September 6, 2004 Storm Data

[edit] September 7 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
Florida
F0 NW of Hilden St. Johns 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F0 Jacksonville area Duval 1 miles
(1.6 km)
F0 College Park area St. Johns 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F0 Jacksonville Beach area Duval 1 miles
(1.6 km)
F0 Candler area Marion 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F0 Interlachen area Putnam 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
South Carolina
F0 NW of Allendale Allendale 0820 2 miles
(3.2 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F1 E of Columbia Richland 0825 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 22 homes had light to moderate damage
F0 N of Appleton Allendale 0840 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 Columbia area Richland 0917 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 SW of Barnwell Barnwell 0935 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage to trees, power lines and signs
F0 SE of Monetta Aiken 1014 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F2 Millwood area Sumter 1028 4 miles
(6.4 km)		 55 homes were damaged with 9 destroyed. 3 people were injured
F1 NE of Gillisonville Jasper 1035 4 miles
(6.4 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F1 NE of Woodrow Lee 1140 4 miles
(6.4 km)		 Several homes and a cotton mill had moderate damage
F0 SW of Bishopville Lee 1210 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage to a mobile home, trees and power lines
F0 E of Camden Kershaw 1218 3 miles
(4.8 km)		 Minor damage to mobile homes and trees and power lines were knocked down
F1 Cassatt area Kershaw 1235 5 miles
(8 km)		 Damage to homes, mobile homes and a turkey farm
F0 NW of Jamison Calhoun 1248 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage to trees and power lines
F0 SW of Paxville Clarendon 1248 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F1 E of Oakland Sumter 1303 3 m1iles
(4.8 km)		 Several homes had light to moderate damage at Shaw Air Force Base
F1 E of Elgin Lancaster 1340 2 miles
(3.2 km)		 Several buildings at a turkey farm, mobile homes and homes were damaged some at a heavier level
F3 N of Camden Kershaw 1415 7 miles
(11.2 km)		 Several outbuildings and mobile homes were destroyed while several cinder block horse stables were heavily damaged. A horse trailer was also lifted on top of a stable
F2 Tega Cay area York, SC, Mecklenburg, NC 1443 3 miles
(4.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees with some falling into trees and automobiles in South Carolina. In North Carolina, several homes sustained damage.
F0 SW of Darlington Darlington 1535 1.3 miles
(2.1 km)		 Damage limited to trees but some fell on homes causing some damage
F1 Cheraw area Chesterfield 1540 8 miles
(12.8 km)		 Minor damage to several homes, businesses and an elementary school
F0 SW of Rowesville Orangeburg 1545 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 S of Society Hill Darlington 1610 0.7 miles
(1.1 km)		 One home had roof damage
F1 SE of Clio Marlboro 1705 5 miles
(8 km)		 Several homes were damaged
F1 S of McColl Marlboro 1727 0.3 miles
(0.5 km)		 A mobile home was destroyed
F1 N of Mont Clare Darlington 1811 0.1 miles
(0.16 km)		 Damage to several trees and a mobile home
F1 SE of Sycamore Hampton, Allendale 1830 4.5 miles
(7.2 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 SE of Society Hill Chesterfield 1850 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 NE of Jenkinsville Fairfield 1900 16 miles
(25.6 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 E of Ehrhardt Bamberg 1920 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage to trees and power lines
F0 Quinby area Florence, Darlington 2045 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Damage to trees and a billboard
F0 NW of Gaddys Crossroads Dillon 2211 1.3 miles
(2.1 km)		 A barn was flattened and a shed and a home was damaged
F0 W of Lebanon Anderson 2230 1.2 miles
(1.9 km)		 A cattle shelter was destroyed and several trees were damaged
F1 W of Rossville Chester 2315 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Three small trailers were damaged or destroyed. A carport was also destroyed and one home was damaged
F2 E of Middendorf Chesterfield 2323 7 miles
(11.2 km)		 Two mobile homes were destroyed and several others damaged. 5 people were injured.
F0 SW of Bennettsville Marlboro 0005 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 A porch at a church and a steel conveyor belt track were damaged
F0 W of Barton Allendale 0005 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 N of Martin Allendale 0020 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F1 SE of Adamsburg Union 0300 4 miles
(6.4 km)		 Minor structural damage although one mobile home was rolled over
North Carolina
F1 SW of Chadbourn to NE of Orrum Columbus, Robeson 1638 10 miles
(16 km)		 Three homes and businesses were destroyed with four other damaged
F1 NE of Morven Anson 1724 2 miles
(3.2 km)		 Two turkey barns were destroyed killing thousands of turkeys
F0 Lumberton area Robeson 1747 0.1 miles
(0.16 km)		 Brief touchdown with no damage
F1 NW of Marietta Robeson 1853 4.2 miles
(6.7 km)		 Four homes were damaged and a shed was destroyed
F0 E of Arabia Hoke 1856 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Brief touchdown with no damage
F0 SW of Barnesville Robeson 2110 1.6 miles
(2.6 km)		 One shed was destroyed and several trees were snapped
F0 N of Rockfish Hoke 0755 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 One home was damaged and one car was destroyed well several trees were blown down
Source: Tornado History Project - September 7, 2004 Storm Data

[edit] September 8 event

F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
North Carolina
F0 SE of Pleasant Grove Northampton 1130 3 miles
(4.8 km)		 A storage trailer was rolled over, one home had roof damage and trees were damaged
F0 E of Vass Moore 1425 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Brief touchdown with no damage
F0 White Hill Lee 1430 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 One home had roof damage
F0 NW of Chapel Hill Orange 1545 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Brief touchdown with no damage
F0 E of Olivia Harnett 1620 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 A few trees were damaged
Maryland
F1 W of McConchie Charles 5 miles
(8 km)		 Shelters and storage facilities were damaged or destroyed and several homes had minor damage. Several trees were uprooted and one recreational van was flipped over
Virginia
F0 SE of Aylett King William 1705 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 One home had roof damage
F2 S of Bealeton Fauquier 1720 1.5 miles
(2.4 km)		 2 homes, 3 green houses and portable outhouses were damaged and two Ryder trucks were overturned
F1 NE of Opal Fauquier 1730 0.8 miles
(1.3 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F1 NE of Elkwood Culpeper 1757 0.3 miles
(0.5 km)		 A building at a complex was destroyed
F1 NW of Wrightsville to E of Daffan Caroline, King George, Stafford 1825 17.8 miles
(28.5 km)		 Several buildings were damaged or destroyed. Trees were uprooted and boats were displaced
F0 E of Aquia Stafford, King William 1918 5.5 miles
(8.8 km)		 Extensive tree damage while a few homes had minor damage
F0 E of Sunny Side Buckingham 1930 0.8 miles
(1.3 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 SW of Kerfoot Fauquier 2005 0.3 miles
(0.5 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 S of Stringtown Clarke 2030 0.3 miles
(0.5 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 E of Truxillo Amelia 2040 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 SW of Cunningham Fluvanna 2040 1 miles
(1.6 km)		 A mobile home was destroyed and one home was damaged
F0 NW of Montpelier Station Orange 2140 0.3 miles
(0.5 km)		 Damage limited to trees and wires
F0 SW of Midlothian Chesterfield 2215 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)		 Damage limited to trees
F0 Richmond area Henrico, Richmond 0.7 miles
(1.1 km)		 Structural damage to outbuildings and storage facilities and minor damage to businesses
Source: Tornado History Project - September 8, 2004 Storm Data

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tornado History Project - Tornado Map
  2. ^ NCDC: Event Details
  3. ^ NCDC Storm Events-Select State
  4. ^ NCDC: Event Details
  5. ^ NCDC: Event Details
  6. ^ NCDC: Event Details
  7. ^ NCDC: Event Details
  8. ^ NCDC: Event Details

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