Hail, Montague
- When
- April 15, 10:11 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, Stoneburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.667, -97.917
Hail in Texas, April 15, 2003
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
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 8:40 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 8:40 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 940 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2003 GETTING BUSY QUICK TONIGHT WITH NEW TORNADO WATCH 124...UNTIL 2 AM FOR COUNTIES MAINLY N/NW OF THE METROPLEX...BUT DO INCLUDE DENTON/ WISE COUNTIES. SEE ADVISORY LINE BELOW FOR COUNTY CODES. LEFT EXIT REGION OF STRONG SUB TROPICAL JET NOSING INTO NW/N TX/SRN OK RESULTING IN A DRYLINE BULGE TOWARDS NW COUNTIES OF THE CWA. DEW PTS/INSTABILITY NOT IMPRESSIVE ...BUT VERTICAL SHEAR IS. BULGE ON DRYLINE RESULTING IN SOME BACKING OF THE SURFACE WINDS/BETTER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WHICH IS HELPING TO MAINTAIN CONVERGENCE AND GOOD LOW LVL HELICITIES... THUS ISOLATED TORNADOES...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH A POSSIBILITY WITH ANY SUPERCELLS THAT MAINTAIN ALONG THE SRN/LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE. WILL MOST LIKELY UPDATE POPS FROM I-20 NWD...AND DECREASE THEM IN THE SOUTH WHERE MID LVL CAPPING IS STRONGER AND LAPSE RATES/ASCENT WEAKER. STORMS SHOULD BE AFFECTING YOUNG/JACK/MONTAGUE COUNTIES BY 10 PM/AFTER. OTHERWISE... CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY WITH NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED AT THE MOMENT. FCSTID = 05/ .FWD... TX...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES TXC097... TXC121...TXC181...TXC237...TXC337...TXC497...TXC503. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES TXZ091>095...TXZ100>107...TXZ115>123...TXZ129>135...TXZ141>148...TXZ1 56>162...TXZ174>175.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 7:20 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-161100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 820 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT NORTHWEST OF A BOWIE...JACKSKBORO...POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE...EASTLAND LINE. AT 815 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM QUANNAH SOUTHWEST TO JAYTON WAS MOVING EAST...AND COULD AFFECT THE SLIGHT RISK AREA LATER TONIGHT. OTHER HAZARDS... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT OVER ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH SPEEDS 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTY NORTHWEST OF A CISCO....DECATUR...GAINESVILLE LINE WHERE THE LOW LEVEL JET IS THE STRONGEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AS WINDS BECOME WEST BEHIND THE DRY LINE. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE UNDER GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND GOOD SURFACE WARMING DURING THE DAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA BY 1000 PM AS STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS APPROACH FROM THE WEST.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:09 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 15, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 15, 2003
- Strong Wind in Missouri, April 15, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 15, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 15, 2003
- High Wind in Texas, April 15, 2003
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 15, 2003
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 15, 2003
- High Wind in Texas, April 15, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 15 to 16, 2003
- High Wind in New York, April 15, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 15, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2003
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: 5353587.