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, 1:50 PM PST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 1:50 PM PST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
250 PM PDT THU SEP 4 2003

WEST WINDS DID NOT MATERIALIZE AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH LARGE HAIL...HAVE DEVELOPED FROM THE TAHOE AREA TO SOUTHERN
LASSEN COUNTY.  ISOLATED STORMS IN THE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS AS
WELL.  THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE
AFTER SUNSET.

ETA HANGS ONTO MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TOMORROW
WHILE GFS BRINGS IN A BIT MORE WEST WIND...DRYING OUT THE WESTERN
AREAS.  GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WILL TREND TOWARDS THE MORE
PESSIMISTIC AND SLOWER ETA MODEL AND CONTINUE TO MENTION ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TOMORROW ACROSS THE
REGION.  THESE WILL AGAIN BE DIURNAL IN NATURE.  FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY ATMOSPHERE WILL DRY OUT AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.  THIS FEATURE WILL PUSH A DRY COLD FRONT INTO
NORTHERN NEVADA SUNDAY...BRINGING COOLER AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY
CONDITIONS.  SG

IN THE EXTENDED...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
MODEL RUNS DURING THE DAY TODAY CONT TO WEAK PACIFIC NW TROF.
TROF WILL PASS TO THE NORTH EARLY MONDAY WITH A TRAILING COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE CWA.  COOLER TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO SETTLE
INTO THE CWA WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH.  BY THURSDAY WE SEE A
BUILD OF A SIGNIFICANT RIDGE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WHICH LEAVES A
DRY NW FLOW INTO WESTERN NEVADA AND THE NRN SIERRA. JF

.REV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 5:50 AM PST, 9 hours 40 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), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Plumas

When
September 4, 3:30 PM PST
Where
Plumas County, Beckwourth
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.817, -120.383

Reported by spotter.

What these are

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

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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: 5337775.