Hail, Dewey
- When
- October 4, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, 1 mi E of Hucmac
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -98.767
Hail in Oklahoma, October 4, 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 Oct 4, 3:19 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 3:19 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 418 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 .DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD TSRA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING COINCIDING WITH LOCATION OF THE LOW LEVEL JET. SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HAS PROVIDED SOME LIFT AS WELL...BUT AS TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THE MAJORITY OF TSRA SHOULD BE OVER FOR THE DAY. COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS WILL HAVE MOVED FARTHER SOUTH BY THIS TIME WITH DRIER/MORE STABLE AIR ADVECTING SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. CHANCES OF RAIN FOR TONIGHT APPEAR LOWER THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. 00Z MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS COLD FRONT PUSHING MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS WEST OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING WITH UPSLOPE FLOW OVER NEW MEXICO/WEST TEXAS WITH NO LOW LEVEL JET. MODELS ALSO SHOW THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY NEAR CALIFORNIA MOVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD A RAIN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW MEXICO BUT AREA FARTHER EAST WILL STAND A MUCH LOWER CHANCE OF RAIN. HAVE LOWERED POPS QUITE A BIT FOR MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY FOR THESE REASONS. THE NEXT PERIODS OF LIKELY POPS ARE TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING CLOSER TO THE AREA AND THE LOW LEVEL JET FORMING ALONG WITH DEEPER MOISTURE RETURNING NORTH. MODELS THEN REMAIN SLOW IN PUSHING THE LONGWAVE TROUGH EAST OF THE AREA UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. EXPECT ONE OR MORE PERIODS OF HIGH POPS SOMETIME BETWEEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...BEFORE THE DEEP MOISTURE AXIS IS GRADUALLY ADVECTED TO THE EAST. HAVE DELAYED TO TREND OF DECREASING POPS A LITTLE BIT WITH LOW POPS STILL OVER MOST OF THE AREA FOR SATURDAY...BUT SUNDAY MAY STILL BE DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73 54 73 55 / 40 20 20 30 HOBART OK 74 55 73 58 / 40 20 20 60 WICHITA FALLS TX 74 59 75 58 / 90 30 30 50 GAGE OK 73 49 72 56 / 40 20 20 60 PONCA CITY OK 73 49 72 52 / 30 10 10 30 DURANT OK 71 60 74 55 / 100 20 20 20 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && JAMES
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 11:00 AM CST, 17 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT SUN OCT 3 2004
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-041200-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND EVENTUALLY PARTS OF WESTERN... SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS... BUT A FEW STORMS MAY
APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
DISCUSSION...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THAT WAS DISPLACED SOUTH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS BY THE COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY... WILL RAPIDLY RETURN
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AHEAD OF A WEATHER DISTURBANCE
MOVING EAST FROM NEW MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLIER TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS...
AND THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE SPREAD INTO PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS AT MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE DEVELOPING
BETWEEN AMARILLO AND LUBBOCK... MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS... THE FLOW OF MOIST AIR
IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
AHEAD OF THE DISTURBANCE MOVING EASTWARD FROM NEW MEXICO. A LOW
LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A REINFORCING COLD FRONT DROPS
SOUTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA FROM KANSAS. BOTH OF THESE FEATURES WILL
HELP TO AID UPWARD MOTION ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS...
WITH THE RESULT BEING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPANDING IN COVERAGE
TO THE NORTH AND EAST ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND PARTS
OF WESTERN... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. INSTABILITY IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIMITED... WHICH WILL BE THE MAIN LIMITING FACTOR
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER... LIFT WILL BE STRONG... AND A
FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL IN
THE STRONGEST CELLS OVERNIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT MONDAY OCT 4.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...15 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS LIKELY WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER PRIMARILY WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...
BUT PERHAPS ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AS WELL... WHERE A
FEW RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING MAY REACH ONE TO TWO
INCHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A WET WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK... WITH CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THE MOST
WIDESPREAD COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AT
THIS TIME... INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIMITED DUE TO
EXPANSIVE CLOUD COVER... WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN ONLY VERY LOW
PROBABILITIES OF STORMS REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
MONDAY OCTOBER 4.
MILLERIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 3:48 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 448 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 OKZ015-017-041015- BLAINE OK-DEWEY OK- 448 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLAINE AND DEWEY COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF HUCMAC AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKWOOD AT 448 AM CDT...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN BLAINE AND DEWEY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 11
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:19 AM CST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 519 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 OKZ015-041030- DEWEY OK- 519 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR DEWEY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CESTOS AT 519 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN DEWEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JAMES
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:20 AM CST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 520 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 OKZ028-041045- MCCLAIN OK- 520 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR MCCLAIN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BLANCHARD AT 520 AM CDT...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES IS LIKELY THROUGH 530 AM. PEOPLE IN MCCLAIN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 11
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:30 AM CST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 530 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 OKZ009-041045- ELLIS OK- 530 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF CATESBY AT 530 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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. JAMES
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:39 AM CST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 539 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 OKZ017-041100- BLAINE OK- 539 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLAINE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WATONGA AT 539 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN BLAINE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JAMES
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:41 AM CST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 541 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 OKZ015-041100- DEWEY OK- 541 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR DEWEY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TALOGA AT 541 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN DEWEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JAMES
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:50 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
- Hail and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, October 4 to 5, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 4, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, October 4, 2004
- Tornadoes in Colorado, October 4, 2004
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 4, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, October 4, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, October 4, 2004
- Hail in Colorado, October 4, 2004
- Hail in Texas, October 4, 2004
- High Wind in Alaska, October 4 to 18, 2004
- Heavy Rain in U.S. Virgin Islands, October 4, 2004
- Hail in Texas, October 4, 2004
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5427546.