1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 19, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 400 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 .SYNOPSIS...SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES MOVING EAST IN PRIMARILY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAD OF UPPER JET OVER FORECAST AREA. COMBINATION OF MODERATE UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE...MODERATE INSTABILITY (LAPS ANALYSIS BETWEEN 2K TO 3K J/KG)...AND PRECIPITABLE WATERS 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL HAS LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MOST OF CWA IN TORNADO WATCH UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. && .SHORT TERM...BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN...AND BETTER DYNAMICS SUPPORTIVE OF ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED EAST OF A LINE FROM BUTLER AL TO PENSACOLA FL AS MAIN ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER SHORTWAVE SLIDES EAST. THEREFORE... HAVE CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S...SOUTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT...AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES SHOULD HOLD TEMPERATURES TWO OR THREE DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE VALUES FOR TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS AND SURFACE HEATING GETS UNDERWAY. STRONG SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS IS EXPECTED LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AS THE UPPER LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO ADVANCE EAST. THE LOW WILL BRING A NORTHERLY WIND FLOW AND DRIER AIR ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. BASED TEMPERATURE FORECAST ON COOLER GFS GUIDANCE. && .EXTENDED...SURFACE RIDGE ALONG THE EASTERN CONUS WILL DOMINATE THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXTENDED WITH DRY CONDITIONS. RIDGE BUILDS SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGING A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY WINDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR STORMS. && .MARINE...A GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK. SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW REDEVELOPS THIS WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE MARINE AREA. && .FIRE...NO CONCERNS THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 73 84 67 83 / 40 30 05 05 PENSACOLA 73 83 68 83 / 60 30 05 05 DESTIN 74 79 71 81 / 60 30 05 05 EVERGREEN 70 81 61 83 / 70 40 05 05 WAYNESBORO 69 85 62 84 / 40 20 05 05 CAMDEN 69 82 63 84 / 70 30 05 05 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-191800- BUTLER AL-CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL- COASTAL OKALOOSA FL-COASTAL SANTA ROSA FL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL- CRENSHAW AL-ESCAMBIA AL-GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- INLAND OKALOOSA FL-INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- LOWER MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-PERRY MS-STONE MS-UPPER BALDWIN AL- UPPER MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-WILCOX AL- 540 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AND UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. WHILE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA... THEY WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE BEEN OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUGHLY A LUVERNE... MONROEVILLE...CHATOM...WAYNESBORO LINE. WHILE THE CHANCES OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MORE LIKELY OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE AREA LISTED ABOVE...A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE COAST AS WELL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 347 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 MSZ067-075-076-192115- GREENE-PERRY-WAYNE- 347 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH 866... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...WAYNE...PERRY AND GREENE TORNADO WATCH 866 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA THROUGH 700 PM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 405 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ057-058-192130- BUTLER-CRENSHAW- 405 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER BUTLER AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES... AT 403 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HONORAVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... HONORAVILLE...SAVILLE...HIGHLAND HOME AND BRADLEYTON THROUGH 430 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 502 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ054-192300- WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN... 502 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED MOVING INTO WILCOX COUNTY... AT 500 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF ANNE MARIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...LAMISON...YELLOW BLUFF...PRAIRIE...CANTON BEND...MILLERS FERRY...CAMDEN AND BOYKIN THROUGH 600 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 558 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ051-192330- CHOCTAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER... 558 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER NORTH CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 558 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LISMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... JACHIN...MT STERLING...ROBJOHN...CHOCTAW CITY...DEAS AND LAVACA THROUGH 630 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 614 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ054-192345- WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN... 614 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER WILCOX COUNTY... AT 610 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FATAMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DARLINGTON...CALEDONIA...ACKERVILLE...ALLENTON...RUTHVEN...PINE APPLE AND SNOW HILL THROUGH 645 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado blew down several trees near Owassa and I-65. The weak tornado stayed on the ground for about a half mile before going back into the clouds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 2004Warnings in Alabama, October 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5427040.