Storm reports for September 19, 2004

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On September 19, 2004, 1 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 0.75″ (penny size) in Palm Beach County, FL.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (1)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $125,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (10 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Collier County, FL (near East Naples) · Tornado F1 · $75,000
  “A tornado touched down in a vacant construction site just south of the Imperial Wilderness Mobile Home Park then moved northwest through the MHP. Damage was sustained to twenty homes with six suffering major damage.”
• Collier County, FL (near East Naples) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “A tornado touched down 5 miles east of SR 951 south of U.S> 41 doing damage to trees and minor damage to a few mobile homes.”
• La Paz County, AZ (near Quartzsite) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph
  “Winds knocked down 3 power poles resulting in a 12 hour power outage for Quartzsite residents.”
• Palm Beach County, FL (near Boynton Beach) · Hail 0.75″
  “A SKYWARN spotter reported hail three-quarter of and inch in diameter.”
• Lee County, FL (near Cape Coral) · Tornado F0
  “The Cape Coral Fire Chief reported a brief tornado with damage limited to lanai and roof fascia at 15 homes near the water on the corner of Southwest 25th Place and Beach Parkway West.”
• Lee County, FL (near Captiva) · Tornado F0
  “A waterspout over Pine Island Sound moved west across Pine Island then into the Gulf of Mexico.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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