Storm reports for November 23, 2004

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On November 23, 2004, 89 hail, 137 damaging-wind and 76 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Bell County, TX. Tornadoes killed 3.

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 (89)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $27.1 million in property damage, $4 million in crop damage, 38 injuries and 3 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (327 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• LaSalle Parish, LA (near Olla) · Tornado F3 · $5 million · 1 death · 20 injuries
  “A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST LA SALLE PARISH AND TRACKED TOWARDS THE TOWN OF OLLA. THE TRACK BEGAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OLLA AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR 3 MILES TOWARDS THE LA SALLE/CALDWELL PARISH LINE.”
• Winston County, MS (near Noxapater) · Tornado F3 · $2.5 million · 1 death · 2 injuries
  “This strong tornado moved into Winston county from Neshoba county and tracked northeast for 12 miles before moving into Noxubee county. Just inside the Winston county line four large chicken houses were destroyed.”
• St. Tammany Parish, LA (near Slidell Arpt) · Tornado F2 · $750,000 · 4 injuries
  “A tornado touched down along an intermittent path approximately 4 miles long on the northwest side of Slidell. A NWS ground survey indicated that minor damage occurred to the south of US Highway 190 and near Centennial Park subdivision.”
• Smith County, MS (near Raleigh) · Tornado F2 · $3.5 million · 2 injuries
  “This tornado touched down just south of Raleigh on State Highway 35 and tracked northeast to the Jasper Smith county line, 7 miles northeast of Sylvarena, where it then moved into Jasper county. Along its path it uprooted and destroyed a few thousand trees.”
• Jasper County, MS (near Montrose) · Tornado F2 · $3 million · 2 injuries
  “This tornado moved into Jasper county from Smith county 5.5 miles southwest of Montrose and tracked northeast for 20 miles before moving into Newton county 6 miles east of Garlandville. As this strong tornado tracked across Jasper county a few thousand trees were uprooted and snapped.”
• Natchitoches Parish, LA (near Kisatchie) · Tornado F2 · $1 million · 1 injury
  “A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A DAMAGING TORNADO THAT MOVED INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF NATCHITOCHES PARISH. THE STORM MOVED IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION...CROSSING HWY 119 EAST OF GORUM AND HWY 1 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF GALBRAITH AND THEN PROCEEDED TO MOVE ALONG HWY 490 FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES…”

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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