It is hard to believe that 2004 was 20 years ago. 2004 had a lot of wild weather events. The year was infamous for destructive tornado outbreaks, and a very destructive hurricane season for the Atlantic.

2004 was influenced by a Modoki El Nino. A rare type of El Nino that causes above average water temperatures in the Atlantic. Basically, it can cause La Nina conditions in the Atlantic Basin, but it is not a La Nina. The above average temperatures in the Gulf and Atlantic contributed to 2004 being a wild year.

January 9th 2004- A rare snowstorm brought snow to the eastern North Carolina Coast.Central North Carolina had an ice storm with some places getting 0.3-0.6 inches of ice. That is not unusual. What was unusual was the snowfall on the coastline. A lot of towns and villages on the coastline received 1-3 inches of snow.

January 29th-31st 2004- Lake effect snow hammered the great lakes of western New York. Oswego New York observed over 40 inches of snow.

February 11th 2004- A blizzard hammered North Dakota and Minnesota causing white out conditions. Some locations got over 24 inches of snow.

March 4th-5th 2004- A tornado and severe thunderstorm outbreak occurred in Oklahoma and Texas. Overall 29 tornadoes were confirmed. Severe thunderstorms produced 70 mph damaging winds.

April 20th 2004- A tornado outbreak occurred in Iowa and Illinois and western Indiana. A total of 31 tornadoes touched down. This outbreak would cause 9 deaths.

May 22nd-30th 2004 A series of tornado and severe thunderstorms plagued the Midwest and Southern parts of the United States. An 8 day total of 390 tornadoes would be confirmed, 7 people died and about $250 million in damages was done by tornadoes.
Nebraska Tornado outbreak was part of the outbreak sequence. 56 tornadoes would touch down in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming.
Memorial Day outbreak was part of this outbreak sequence. 160 tornadoes were produced in a two day period. These tornadoes occurred in Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.

June 10th-13th High Plains tornado outbreak. 46 weak tornadoes would touch down across Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota a few tornadoes occurred in Minnesota as well. A lot of the tornadoes occurred in rural areas.

July 13th-15th- Mid-Atlantic and Northeast tornado outbreak. Tornadoes occurred in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and New England. A total of 23 tornadoes touched down.

August 2nd 2004 A Derecho event starts in Indiana and Ohio. The line of powerful thunderstorms would make it to Central Alabama and Georgia by the night's end. 10 tornadoes are produced and millions of dollars done in damage. A lot of the thunderstorms had winds of 80 mph

August 13th-14th 2004 Hurricane Charley makes landfall in Southwest Florida as a 150 mph category 4 hurricane. Charley would cause $16 Billion in damages. In addition, Charley would also cause 25 tornadoes in Florida and later in South Carolina were Charley would make a final landfall.

Late August-September 1st Hurricane Gaston makes landfall in the Carolinas. Gaston traveled up into Virginia causing severe flooding. Gaston caused $130 million in damages, and 9 deaths due to flooding.

September 2nd 2004- Hurricane Ivan forms and would last 3 weeks. Ivan would set the record for highest ACE rating in the Modern era with a total ACE of 70.4 units. Ivan would stay most of its life as a category 4 and 5 hurricane.

September 4th-8th 2004 Hurricane Frances, which formed on August 24th, makes landfall in Southeast Florida as a 105 mph category 2 hurricane. Frances caused $10 Billion in damages and 50 deaths. Frances would also cause a huge tornado outbreak inland. Overall Frances caused 103 tornadoes.

September 15th-18th 2004 Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Alabama and Florida as a high end category 3 hurricane. Ivan caused $22 billion in damages and 125 deaths. However, Ivan caused a deadly destructive tornado outbreak across the Southern United States. Ivan would produce 120 tornadoes.

September 13th 2004 Hurricane Jeanne forms.

September 15th 2004 Hurricane Jeanne makes landfall in Haiti as a category 1 hurricane. The flooding rains cause 3,000 deaths in Haiti and $1 billion in damages.

September 26th Jeanne makes landfall in Florida as a category 3 hurricane. Jeanne was the 4th significant hurricane to strike the sunshine state. Jeanne would cause $7 Billion in damages. Jeanne also caused a tornado outbreak in Florida and Georgia. A total of 42 tornadoes were produced by Jeanne

October 18th-19th 2004 A squall line produces widespread wind damage in Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. In addition, the squall line produced 50 tornadoes

November 22nd-24th 2004 A tornado outbreak occurred in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. A total of 104 tornadoes occurred, 4 people died and $40 million was done in damages.

December 22nd-24th 2004 A winter storm impacted the Midwest and Southern United states. Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio had snow. Some places in Illinois saw 16-20 inches of snow. In Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia an ice storm occurred. Some places had 0.25-0.75 inches of ice. 19 people died and close to $1 Billion was done in damages.

Overall, 2004 was full of wild weather. Destructive winter storms, flooding, severe storm outbreaks, and a destructive hurricane season.

Kinda crazy this was 20 years ago when this happened, but i do remember riding out Hurricane Frances and Jeanne. i was living in Orlando at the time. I'm glad i didn't get the worst of them, i mostly remember losing power and having to sleep in the dark for a few days.

supercool22: Thankfully you were okay. You most likely got wind and tornadoes and avoided the high surge since you were inland. Vero Beach and Port St Lucia took a beating form Frances and Jeanne