Hurricane Jeanne (2004)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 13, 2004 to September 29, 2004

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Lowest pressure

950 mb (28.05 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

24.2

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest

Overall size

175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

120 kt (138 mph)

Fastest the center moved

28 kt (32 mph)

Identifier

AL112004

Radar at TJUA as it neared land, Sep 15, 16:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

10 (10 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

1

Property damage

$1.7 billion

Crop damage

$189 million

Events recorded

409 in 63 reports from 13 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

170 tropical storm, 69 flash flood, 61 strong wind, 58 flood, 14 hurricane (typhoon), 13 high wind, 11 heavy rain, 6 storm surge/tide, 4 tornado, 1 high surf, 1 marine thunderstorm wind, 1 rip current.

4 tornadoes recorded in the United States, strongest first.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 2,396 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 10.59 inches (269 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Strong rip currents caused by the swells from Hurricane Jeanne resulted in a drowning. Five other people had to be rescued by lifeguards.

Georgetown, South Carolina · Rip Current · Sep 25, 15:52 UTC

As the center of Hurricane Jeanne was coming on shore to the south, an F1 tornado-like event moved through the mobile home community of Barefoot Bay, severey damaging about a dozen mobile homes. The damage path moved from east to west, skipping over the residences near the Intracoastal Waterway and damaging the ones on the west side of the community.

Brevard, Florida · Tornado · Sep 26, 06:51 UTC

As the center of Hurricane Jeanne move on shore to the south of Brevard County continuous heavy tropical rain fell across central and southern Brevard County. Rainfall amounts of 6 to 8 inches flooded streets and roads over Palm Bay and surrounding areas. A Palm Bay man drowned when he drove his truck into a flooded ditch on the side of a road.

Brevard, Florida · Flash Flood · Sep 26, 10:00 UTC

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that nearly 3 inches of rain fell during the evening hours. Sixteen to 20 apartments that were under renovation were flooded and sustained heavy damage when roof damage allowed water to leak into the apartments. Seventy-five to 100 residents had to evacuate as a result.

Gwinnett, Georgia · Heavy Rain · Sep 27, 22:36 UTC

The DeKalb County Emergency Management Director reported major flooding was once again observed along Peachtree and Nancy Creeks across the northern portion of Atlanta. This information was confirmed by National Weather Service river gages on these creeks. The creek was within two feet of the record stage reached just 10 days earlier during the remnants of Hurricane Ivan. Major flooding affected many roads and homes, many of which were the same ones affected just 10 days prior. The Peachtree Apartments were flooded. Several evacuations and rescues were required. All of this flooding was the result of heavy rain which persisted on the northwest side of the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne as it moved through East Central Georgia.

De Kalb, Georgia · Flash Flood · Sep 28, 00:00 UTC

Heavy rain bands associated with the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne produced the third flood episode in three weeks across western North Carolina. However, flooding was much less severe and more short-lived than what was experienced during Frances and Ivan. In Transylvania County, several small streams and creeks rose quickly, covering a few roads with water.

Transylvania, North Carolina · Flash Flood · Sep 28, 02:15 UTC

Heavy rain associated with the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne resulted in the third flood event in three weeks across the county. However, this event was minor in comparison with the previous floods. A couple of roads were flooded near Etowah and Fletcher, while the Rocky Broad River went above flood stage at Bat Cave, flooding one lane of highway 64/74a.

Henderson, North Carolina · Flash Flood · Sep 28, 04:00 UTC

The remnants of Hurricane Jeanne moved northeast along the east slopes of the Appalachians during Tuesday, September 28th, eventually moving off the mid Atlantic Coast by early Tuesday evening. However, a large plume of tropical moisture to the northwest of the system produced widespread heavy rainfall across south central Pennsylvania during Tuesday, with rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches. This rainfall, combined with excessively wet soil and swollen rivers from the remnants of 2 antecedent tropical systems, produced mainly minor flooding across portions of south central Pennsylvania, with several road closures and some basement flooding reported.

Fulton, Pennsylvania · Flood · Sep 28, 17:00 UTC

U.S. Route 50 closed due to flooding along the Middleburg to Aldie corridor. Many secondary roads in the area area partially flooded and reduced to one lane or less.

Loudoun, Virginia · Flash Flood · Sep 28, 17:30 UTC

U.S. Route 50 west of Winchester closed, 3 to 4 feet of standing water on the road. Interstate 81 was also blocked by high water.

Frederick, Virginia · Flash Flood · Sep 28, 19:00 UTC

A waterspout moved on shore on the 28th. The small tornado briefly touched down near Solomon. No injuries were reported and maximum winds ranged from 45 to 65 mph.

Calvert, Maryland · Tornado · Sep 28, 20:00 UTC

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A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Jeanne