Storm reports for November 24, 2004

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On November 24, 2004, 5 hail, 91 damaging-wind and 22 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 0.88″ (nickel size) in Highland County, OH. Tornadoes killed 1.

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 (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $9.1 million in property damage, 5 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (131 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gwinnett County, GA (near Lawrenceville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $100,000 · 1 injury
  “The Gwinnett County Emergency Management Director reported that a number of trees and several power lines were down from Lawrenceville to Snellville. Two homes suffered significant damage when large trees fell on the structures. A large hardwood tree fell through a home in Lawrenceville.”
• Elmore County, AL (near Tallassee) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $85,000 · 1 injury
  “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down or snapped off throughout Tallassee. One man suffered minor injuries when a tree landed on his moving vehicle.”
• Hampton County, SC (near Miley) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 injury
  “A tree was knocked down onto a car resulting in a minor injury.”
• Harrison County, MS (near Orange Grove) · Tornado F2 · $3 million
  “A tornado traveled east to west on path along Dedeaux Road between Highway 49 and Three Rivers Road in the Orange Grove community. Most of the damage was rated a F1 intensity by a NWS ground survey, however there were areas of F2 damage.”
• Cherokee County, GA (near Canton) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $1.7 million
  “The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director and associated personnel conducted a damage survey and found a broken path of extensive damage to trees, power lines, structures, and vehicles across central Cherokee county from 6 miles west of Canton to 2.5 miles east of Canton, mostly along and…”
• Fayette County, GA (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $1 million
  “The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported widespread and extensive damage to trees, power lines, homes and vehicles as a result of straight-lined winds or possibly a microburst. Wind gusts were estimated to be at least 70 mph in some parts of the county.”

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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