May 2004 Tornado Outbreak Sequence - Other Outbreaks

Other Outbreaks

Outbreak death toll
State Total County County
total
Illinois 1 Scott 1
Indiana 1 Crawford 1
Missouri 4 De Kalb 3
St. Louis 1
Nebraska 1 Lancaster 1
Totals 7

Several other smaller tornado outbreaks took place between May 21 to May 31, 2004 and affected many of the regions impacted by the two main outbreaks. On May 21, a series of tornadoes hit Iowa causing major damage to the town of Bradgate where 75% of the buildings were either damaged or destroyed. On this day, several clusters of thunderstorms traveled from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic States producing widespread damaging wind and weaker tornadoes across Michigan.

On May 24, several tornadoes touched down across the Great Plains and the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Most tornadoes were weak although one person was killed in Illinois inside a mobile home.

On May 26–27, several tornadoes affected portions of the Ohio Valley. One tornado north of Louisville producing significant damage in Washington and Clark Counties. An F3 tornado tore through a residential subdivision just north of Lexington, Kentucky causing major damage to about 50 homes.

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