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| | 2004 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON INFORMATION, FACTS AND TELE-COMMUNICATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June_1, 2004, and lasted until November_30, 2004. |
 | | On May_17, prior to the start of the season, NOAA forecasters predicted a 50% probability of activity above the normal range, with 12–15 tropical storms, 6–8 of those becoming hurricanes, and 2–4 of those hurricanes reaching at least Category 3 strength on the Saffir-Simpson_Hurricane_Scale. |
 | | (Hurricane Dennis of 1981 took longer overall but dropped to a tropical wave before regenerating.) However, this record was beaten by Hurricane Irene in the 2005_Atlantic_Hurricane_Season. |
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