California, 2003

Hail in California, May 29, 2003

May 29, 2003 · NWS EKA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 8:58 AM PST, 7 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 8:58 AM PST, 7 hours 2 minutes before
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
930 AM PDT THU MAY 28 2003

PROBLEM OF THE DAY IS POTENTIAL CONVECTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON OVER
INTERIOR MOUNTAINS. WITH UPPER LOW POSITIONED OFF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
COAST...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE AT MID LEVELS. MESOSCALE MODELS
CONTINUE TO PAINT WIDE AREA OF INSTABILITY OVER OUR EASTERN
CWA...WITH MODEL LI VALUES OF -5 AND CAPE APPROACHING 1000 J/KG.
MODEST SHEAR COULD SUPPORT SOME STORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH MODERATE LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE BEING INDICATED FROM OBSERVATIONS AND WITH MODIFIED
INVERTED V SOUNDINGS TRANSITIONING TOWARD A MORE MOIST MID LEVEL
SOLUTION BY 00Z I DO NOT EXPECT DRY HIGH BASED CONVECTION. ISOLATED
CONVECTION OVER RIDGES IS MOST LIKELY IN TRINITY COUNTY BETWEEN
00-06Z. FRIDAY CONVECTION...THO MORE WIDESPREAD...SHIFTS TO THE
NORTH AND EAST. ALL POPS ZERO. NORDQUIST

.EKA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PT. ST. GEORGE TO PT. ARENA OUT TO 60NM.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:00 AM PST, 12 hours before
CAZ001>004-076-301200-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
500 AM PDT THU MAY 29 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA

.DAY ONE...TODAY

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LOCATED OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH AND EAST TODAY. THIS DISTURBANCE...IN
CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING...MAY SPARK THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR MOUNTAIN
RANGES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. REFER TO SFOZFPEKA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.INSTRUCTIONS TO SPOTTERS...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Trinity

When
May 29, 4:00 PM PST to 4:10 PM PST
Where
Trinity County, 3 mi N of Peanut
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.517, -123.167

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5360240.