Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 2004

Name: Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 2004
Start: 2004-06-04T18:50
End: 2004-06-04T19:18
Location: Oklahoma

June 4, 2004 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms containing large hail moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported from the severe weather.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.

Severe thunderstorms containing large hail moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported from the severe weather.

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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 2:09 PM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:09 PM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
309 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

.DISCUSSION...
INITIAL CONVECTION DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST OF
THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT AIRMASS OVER THE PANHANDLES
WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL VIGOROUS UPDRAFTS THROUGH 05Z. SEVERE TSTMS
NEAR DALHART WILL ENCOUNTER SURFACED BASED CAPE PLUME NEAR 3000 J/KG
ALONG WITH LI/S AROUND MINUS 5 DEGREES AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR
20 MPH. WW 396 WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 02Z.

DIURNAL TYPE INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
SATURDAY EVENING. CONVECTION WILL BE ASSISTED/ENHANCED BY WEAK
LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE AS MINOR SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH.
HAVE RETAINED POPS.

LATER PERIODS...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUGGEST BRISK NORTHERN STREAM
FLOW WILL DEVELOP A WEST COAST TROF AROUND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO     64  90  62  88 /  30  30  30  20
BEAVER       65  89  64  86 /  40  20  20  20
BOISE CITY   56  88  59  87 /  40  20  20  20
BORGER       65  92  64  90 /  40  20  20  20
BOYS RANCH   63  96  63  88 /  40  30  30  20
CANYON       64  92  62  89 /  30  30  30  20
CLARENDON    67  94  66  90 /  30  30  30  20
DALHART      61  92  61  88 /  40  30  30  20
GUYMON       63  90  61  87 /  40  20  20  20
HEREFORD     64  94  62  89 /  30  30  30  20
LIPSCOMB     66  90  67  85 /  40  20  20  20
PAMPA        64  91  63  90 /  40  20  20  20
SHAMROCK     67  91  67  90 /  30  30  30  20
WELLINGTON   69  91  67  92 /  30  30  30  20

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

02/13

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 12:00 PM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-051100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRST DEVELOP OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AS
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM UTAH. THESE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH FORM WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE
PRIMARY THREATS. ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILES MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL.

CAUTION IS ALSO ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NECESSARY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.

ANDRADE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
330 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S TEXLINE             36.35N 103.02W
06/04/2004                   DALLAM             TX   PUBLIC

&&

RTW

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:22 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
622 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0614 PM     HAIL             2 W DUMAS               35.86N 102.00W
06/04/2004  0.88 INCH        MOORE              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

RTW

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:06 PM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
706 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             10 NE CACTUS            36.15N 101.88W
06/04/2004  0.75 INCH        SHERMAN            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RTW

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:48 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Texas

When: June 4, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 3 mi W of Adams
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.750, -101.133

Hail, Beaver

When: June 4, 7:15 PM CST to 7:18 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, Turpin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.867, -100.883

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, June 2004

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: 5410095, 5410096.