California, 2003

Hail in California, September 4, 2003

September 4, 2003 · NWS REV · 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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 4, 8:15 AM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 8:15 AM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
915 AM PDT THU SEP 4 2003

THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
OVER THE REGION TODAY UNDER A MOIST AIRMASS WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES.
WEAK WSW FLOW MAY PUSH ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS OVER THE SIERRA
FURTHER EAST.  12Z RNO SOUNDING IS CAPPED BETWEEN 18K AND 22K. ANY
CONVERGENCE THAT DEVELOPS DUE TO WSW WINDS MAY TRIGGER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS.
BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WILL BE OVER MINERAL AND CHURCHILL
COUNTIES...BUT DOUGLAS AND STOREY COUNTIES WILL ALSO BE WATCHED
CLOSELY.

MODELS HANG ONTO INSTABILITY TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER CHANCE OF DIURNAL
THUNDERSTORMS.  A STRONGER...AND DRIER SW FLOW WILL DRY THE REGION
OUT SATURDAY THOUGH A SLIGHT CHANCE WILL LINGER OVER THE EAST AND
SOUTH.  MAINLY WORDING UPDATES TO MORNING PACKAGE.  SG

IN THE EXTENDED...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
MODELS BACKING OFF ON TROUGH DIGGING INTO NRN GREAT BASIN LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY. FAIRLY HIGH HEIGHTS ALONG WITH LACK OF RH AND QPF
SUGGEST MORE OF A DRY COLD FRONT WITH GUSTY WINDS LATE SUNDAY. WINDS
WOULD KEEP WRN NV DRY IN DOWNSLOPE FLOW ANYWAY WITH ONLY AREA THAT
COULD POSSIBLY SEE PCPN WOULD BE WARNER MOUNTAINS. RIDGE REBUILDS
OFF W CST TUES INTO THURSDAY WITH DRY N-NW FLOW FORECAST BY ALL MED
RANGE MODELS. THIS IN CONTRAST OF YESTERDAYS GFS WHICH HAD FAIRLY
STRONG SECONDARY TROUGH DIGGING INTO GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY. WILL GO
WITH MODEL CONSENSUS AND KEEP IT DRY INTO THURSDAY WITH WARMING TEMPS
AFTER TUESDAY. FLIP FLOP IN MODEL SOLUTIONS NOT SURPISING WITH ALOT
OF HURRICANCE AND TYPHOON ACTIVITY WHICH TYPICALLY NOT HANDLED WELL
BY MODEL CONVECTIVE SCHEMES. SURPRISING GOOD AGREEMENT IN LATEST
MODEL RUN BUT MAJOR CHANGE FROM EARLIER GFS SO CONFIDENCE LOWER THAN
USUAL. CYLKE

.REV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 5:50 AM PST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-051400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
650 AM PDT THU SEP 04 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN
SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY ACROSS THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, El Dorado

When
September 4, 1:40 PM PST
Where
El Dorado County, Meeks Bay
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
39.033, -120.117

One inch hail reported near Meeks Bay by U.S. Coast Guard.

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: 5337774.