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This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2004. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States , Bangladesh , and Eastern India , but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions.
A record-breaking large and destructive tornado outbreak impacted the Southern United States at the end of November 2004. The outbreak started with numerous weak tornadoes from Central Texas through Louisiana from November 22 through the afternoon of November 23 before more significant tornadoes occurred through November 24.
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
Millions of people were under tornado watches on Saturday in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Multiple more dangerous tornado warnings were also issued throughout Saturday.
Possible tornadoes could become EF-2 and stay on the ground for an extended path. At 2:15 p.m., NWS issued a tornado warning for part of Wharton County which expired at 2:45 p.m.
Basically, a tornado watch is the less severe warning of the two. It notifies people in affected area(s) that tornados are possible and reminds them to "watch" out for them.
The tornado outbreak sequence of May 2004 produced several tornado outbreaks between May 21 and May 31, 2004, across mostly the Midwestern and Southern United States as well as southern Ontario, including three major outbreaks on May 22, May 24 and May 29–30. Overall, the sequence produced 389 tornadoes, which makes it one of the most ...
Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi were under tornado watches through 3 p.m. CT Saturday. The ongoing thunderstorms from this week are expected to peak this weekend in south, according to ...