Storm reports for October 20, 2004

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On October 20, 2004, 13 hail, 3 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Broward 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 (13)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $151,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (6 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Brevard County, FL (near Port Canaveral) · Tornado F1 · $150,000
  “A waterspout/tornado moved on shore just south of the Cape Canaveral Coast Guard Station and moved east along the north shore of Port Canaveral to just east of the Trident Pier inlet. The F1 tornado overturned several vehicles including a bus and damaged the roof of a building.”
• Lowndes County, MS (near New Hope) · Hail 0.88″
  “Nickel sized hail fell at Lake Lowndes State Park.”
• Pickens County, AL (near Ethelsville) · Hail 0.88″
  “Penny to nickle size hail fell across western Pickens County near the Pine Grove and Macedonia communities.”
• Tulare County, CA (near Dinuba) · Tornado F0
  “A rope shaped tornado was relatively stationary even as the parent cell moved northeast. The tornado was short-lived as reported by a spotter and did not have an extensive ground track. No damage was seen in the rural area at the time nor noted by a subsequent NWS survey.”

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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