California, 2004

Hail in California, June 28, 2004

June 28, 2004 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Jun 28, 1:11 PM PST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:11 PM PST, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
211 PM PDT MON JUN 28 2004

.SHORT TERM...
CONVECTION PATTERN THIS AFTERNOON SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY FORMING ALONG THE SIERRA CREST IN MONO
COUNTY.  HOWEVER THIS CONVECTION IS FORMING AROUND 3 HOURS SOONER
THAN IT DID YESTERDAY.  WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING WITH ANY TRAINING ECHOES.

UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE EASTERN
PACIFIC AND CALIFORNIA COAST THROUGH THURSDAY.  SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
CONTINUE BRINGING INCREASING AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE INTO THE WESTERN
GREAT BASIN.  PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 0.5 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON
SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 0.75 INCHES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONS OVER NORTHERN WASHOE AND LASSEN COUNTIES.  LIFTED INDICES
ALSO DROP TO BELOW -1 OVER THIS AREA BOTH AFTERNOONS.  700 MB
CONVERGENCE/300 MB DIVERGENCE COUPLET PROGGED OVER NORTHERN KREV
CWFA AND SOUTHERN OREGON BOTH TUE AND WED AFTN/EVENING.  THIS SEEMS
REASONABLE WITH THE JET OVER THE REGION.  THE EPAC TROUGH SHOULD
DEEPEN SOME ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A JET MAX MOVES DOWN ITS
WEST SIDE.  THIS JET MAX WILL MERGE WITH A STRONG SUBTROPICAL JET ON
THURSDAY AND THIS WILL CAUSE THE UPPER LOW TO START TO FILL.  WITH
THIS THE INSTABILITIES SHOULD DECREASE SOME ON THURSDAY BUT WILL
CONTINUE WITH A MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE TSRA.  OHARA

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
MODELS COMING MORE IN LINE WITH THE IDEA OF MOVING AN UPPER LOW INTO
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SUNDAY.  UKMET...ECMWF AND TO SOME EXTENT THE
NOGAPS ARE DOING THIS.  WILL STICK WITH THE ECMWF IDEA OF KEEPING A
WEAK LOW ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  EXPECT A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN LIGHT FLOW ALOFT AND UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE BOTH DAYS.  BETTER CHANCES REMAIN ALONG THE SIERRA AND
IN THE WEST.  CURRENT FORECAST RETAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY AND DRIES OUT MONDAY.  THIS IS REASONABLE
THOUGH DRYING TREND MAY BEGIN A DAY EARLIER IF THE AFOREMENTIONED
MODELS VERIFY.  HOWEVER...GFS WOULD SUGGEST BETTER CHANCES OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH WEAKER PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TROF AND STRONGER SOUTHWEST U.S. RIDGE.  EXPECT TEMPERATURES NEAR
SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD.  SG

&&

.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...NONE.
CA...NONE.
&&

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Plumas

When
June 28, 2:05 PM PST
Where
Plumas County, 13 mi E of Quincy
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.005, -120.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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: 5431657.