Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak
|name=. Remove this parameter; the article title is used as the name by default.|duration= parameter from the infobox header or from another 'History' box instead.Tracks of the 50 mesocyclones and multiple tornado vortex signatures (denoted by inverted red triangles) identified by the NWS Office in Tallahassee, Florida between 1:00 p.m. on September 15 to 9:00 a.m. on September 16. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 15–18, 2004 |
| Tornado outbreak | |
| Tornadoes | 120 (Record for a continuous outbreak in September) |
| Maximum rating | F3 tornado |
| Duration | 2 days, 14 hours, 17 minutes |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 7 |
| Damage | $96.9 million |
Part of the Hurricane Ivan and the tornado outbreaks of 2004 | |
The Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak was a three-day tornado outbreak that was associated with the passage of Hurricane Ivan across the Southern United States starting on September 15, 2004, across the Gulf Coast states of Alabama and Florida as well as southern Georgia before ending in the Middle Atlantic Coast on September 18.
The outbreak killed 7 people and injured dozens of others across several states from Florida to Pennsylvania. The hurricane itself killed at least 90 people from the US to the eastern Caribbean Islands. Overall, it produced 120 tornadoes, surpassing the record of 117 that was previously held by Hurricane Beulah during the 1967 Atlantic hurricane season. Ivan also produced 16 more tornadoes than Hurricane Frances, whose associated tornado outbreak struck many of the same regions about ten days earlier. The tornado outbreak was also the largest in Virginia history.