Hail, Ellis
- When
- July 8, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 1 mi E of Catesby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -99.950
Hail in Oklahoma, July 8, 2004
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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 1:43 PM CST, 10 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:43 PM CST, 10 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 243 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONT OVR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STORMS CONT TO DEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOW BNDRY IN NORTHEAST OK. BOUNDARY SHOWS UP WELL IN RADAR...MOVING SOUTH AND WEST. IF STORMS CONT TO DEVELOP WESTWARD ALONG BNDRY COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OK THIS EVENING. WILL MAKE ANY NEEDED LAST MINUTE CHANGES TO EVENING POPS BEFORE SEND PRODUCTS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. CONVECTION ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHERN KANSAS/SOUTHERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTN/EVENING... EVENTUALLY DEVELOPING INTO AN MCS THAT COULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OK...MAKING SHWRS/TSTMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT/FRI MORNING. ETA HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN THIS SCENARIO FOR SEVERAL MODEL RUNS. HOWEVER...IF THE CAP IS STRONGER THAN EXPECTED...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY. ETA ALSO INDICATING A SECOND WAVE OF SHWRS/TSTMS MOVING ACROSS THE FA DURING THE DAY FRI. THIS SECOND WAVE IS FROM CONVECTION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN WY/WESTERN NE THIS AFTN/EVENING. HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF FA FOR TONIGHT AND FRI MORNING. WILL LEAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY DRY...HOWEVER IF THE SECOND AREA OF CONVECTION MAKES IT FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO OKLAHOMA... POPS MAY NEED TO BE EXTEND FURTHER SOUTH IN FA AND INTO THE AFTN HOURS. UPR LOW IN EAST TX EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST TO WEST THIS WEEKEND ACROSS TEXAS...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FA. HOT DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS INDICATING A SHIFT TO NW FLOW BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A COOL FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FA WED/THU. HAVE ADDED POPS THU WITH NW FLOW AND FRONT IN AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 75 93 73 92 / 10 20 10 10 HOBART OK 74 94 72 95 / 10 10 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 75 93 73 93 / 10 10 10 20 GAGE OK 72 96 71 95 / 20 20 10 10 PONCA CITY OK 73 92 72 91 / 20 20 10 10 DURANT OK 75 91 74 89 / 10 10 10 20 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 25
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 9:45 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1045 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091200-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA TONIGHT.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREAS IS NORTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM
ARNETT... TO WATONGA... TO STILLWATER.
TIMING...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES WILL MOVE TOWARD NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS... BUT IT REMAINS POSSIBLE FOR THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE
MARGINALLY SEVERE WEATHER. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCLUDE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND DIME TO NICKEL HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUL 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ROUGHLY THE
SOUTHEAST HALF OF OKLAHOMA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOW. OTHERWISE...NO THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
FRIDAY MORNING JULY 9.
26In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:26 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1026 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 OKZ004-090345- HARPER OK- 1026 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARPER COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO AT 1026 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. CJS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:55 PM CST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1055 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 OKZ004-005-010-090415- HARPER OK-WOODS OK-WOODWARD OK- 1055 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARPER...WOODS AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF BUFFALO... TO NEAR LAVERNE... WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO FAR NORTHERN WOODWARD AND NORTHWEST WOODS COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL TO NEAR THE SIZE OF DIMES ARE LIKELY. CJS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:50 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1150 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 OKZ004-009-090515- ELLIS OK-HARPER OK- 1150 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS AND HARPER COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF CATESBY AT 1150 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. CURRENT MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SHOULD BRING IT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ELLIS AND POSSIBLY FAR SOUTHERN HARPER COUNTIES. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN ELLIS AND HARPER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CJS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:19 PM CST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1219 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 OKZ009-090530- ELLIS OK- 1219 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF CATESBY AT 1219 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN ELLIS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CJS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:33 PM CST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1233 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 OKZ009-090545- ELLIS OK- 1233 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF GAGE AT 1233 AM CDT. ANOTHER STRON STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CATESBY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN ELLIS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CJS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:43 PM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1243 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 OKZ009-090600- ELLIS OK- 1243 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHATTUCK... AND 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAGE AT 1243 AM CDT...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN ELLIS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CJS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:57 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 8, 2004
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 8, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, July 8 to 9, 2004
- Hail in Nebraska, July 8, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, July 8, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 8, 2004
- Lightning Strike in New York, July 8, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 8, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 8, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Florida, July 8, 2004
- Tornado in New York, July 8, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 8, 2004
More
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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: 5414079.