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October 10, 2004 – Tropical Storm Matthew caused a storm surge of up to 5.85 ft (1.78 m) in Frenier, Louisiana. The storm surge and waves resulted in significant beach erosion in Grand Isle. Portions of Louisiana experienced significant rainfall, including a peak of 18 inches (460 mm) in Haynesville. In addition, a tornado caused damage to ...
December 21–24, 2004, North American winter storm; H. Hurricane Howard (2004) Hurricane Alex (2004) Hurricane Frances; Hurricane Gaston (2004)
According to CSU, the average season between 1950 and 2000 had 9.6 tropical storms, 5.9 hurricanes, and 2.3 major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. [3] A normal season, as defined by NOAA, has 12.1 named storms, of which 6.4 reach hurricane strength and 2.7 become major hurricanes. [4]
2004's hurricanes challenged forecasters with their eccentricities. Norcross said the storms of 2004 were all very different. Tiny Charley exploded from a Cat 2 to a Cat 4 in just five hours.
The 2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm was a rare weather event that took place in Louisiana and Texas in the United States on December 24, 2004, before the storm moved northeast to affect the coastal sections of the Mid-Atlantic states and New England in the succeeding few days.
Two men walk past a building destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in Orange Beach, Ala., Friday, Sept. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) On Sept. 2, 2004, a tropical depression formed off the coast of ...
The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season was notable as one of the deadliest and most costly Atlantic hurricane seasons on record. It officially began on June 1, 2004, and ended on November 30, although storm activity continued into December.
As of the hurricane center's 1 a.m. CT forecast discussion, the storm was moving with sustained winds of 50 mph. Up to 12 inches of rain was possible in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama ...