3 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 16, 3:06 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED WWA SECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
406 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
.DISCUSSION...
A NEW TORNADO WATCH WAS RECENTLY ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE CWFA.
BASED ON LATEST TCM WIND GRIDS...AGREE WITH CURRENT INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING COVERAGE. WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH
INTACT. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE NOTED AT OUR GAUGING SITES SO
WILL INCLUDE THIS IN THE NEW COASTAL WATERS FORECAST.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TLH 84 75 84 68 / 90 60 40 20
PFN 81 75 84 74 / 90 60 30 10
DHN 82 70 83 68 / 99 70 30 10
ABY 83 72 83 70 / 90 70 50 20
VLD 84 74 83 69 / 80 60 60 20
CTY 85 73 84 70 / 70 60 60 20
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 AM CDT ALL ZONES.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ALL ZONES.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING TODAY ALL ZONES.
GA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 AM EDT GAZ120>129-142>146-155>159.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ALL ZONES.
FL...HURRICANE WARNING COASTAL ZONES FROM APALACHICOLA WEST.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING COASTAL ZONES FROM APALACHICOLA
EAST.
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 AM EDT FLZ007>018-026-027.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ALL ZONES.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING TODAY.
FLZ007-009>011-013-016-017-026.
&&
TJTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1149 PM EDT WED SEP 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM TORNADO 5 SE CYPRESS 30.67N 85.02W
09/15/2004 JACKSON FL AMATEUR RADIO
SPOTTED ON I-10 AND HIGHWAY 171 INTERSTECTION.
1040 PM TORNADO CYPRESS 30.72N 85.08W
09/15/2004 JACKSON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 5 INJ *** TRAILER PARK HEAVILY DAMAGED. SOME
RESIDENTS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.
&&
TJTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 228 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>129-142>146-155>159-161500- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA-CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA- COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-DALE AL-DECATUR GA- DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL-GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA- GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL-INLAND WALTON FL-JACKSON FL- JEFFERSON FL-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-MILLER GA-MITCHELL GA- QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TERRELL GA-THOMAS GA-TIFT GA- TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FORT GAINES... FORT RUCKER...GENEVA...GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LEESBURG...MARIANNA... MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NEWTON...OZARK...PANAMA CITY... PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN... SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE... THOMASVILLE...TIFTON AND VERNON 228 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING(1000 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... AND JEFFERSON. IN GEORGIA...QUITMAN...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...RANDOLPH... CALHOUN...BAKER...DECATUR...TERRELL...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY... LEE...WORTH...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...AND BROOKS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 48-TURNAGE
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:46 UTC.
3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado touched down just south of Lake Miccosukee. It caused minor damage to a home, and downed numerous trees and power lines along its northwestward track toward northeast Leon County. Reported by a NWS employee and the Jefferson County EMA.
The weak tornado moved from northwest Jefferson County into adjacent northeast Leon County. It destroyed a shed and caused minor damage to a home. Some trees were uprooted. Reported by a NWS employee and the Leon County EMA.
A waterspout moved onshore and caused minor damage to several homes, as well as downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Taylor County EMA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2004Warnings in Florida, September 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5423175, 5423176, 5423174.