Texas, 2004

Hail in Texas, April 11, 2004

April 11, 2004 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 11, 9:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 9:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1000 AM CDT SUN APR 11 2004

.PUBLIC UPDATE...ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE CRP/EWX BORDER THIS
MORNING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL WITH THIS ACTIVITY...FROM NORTHERN BEE COUNTY TO NORTHERN
VICTORIA COUNTY. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIFT NORTHEAST DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH FIRST UPR LVL SHORTWAVE. NEXT WAVE WILL
APPROACH LATER THIS EVENING ALONG WITH NOSE OF UPR LVL JET.
INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL CONTINUE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
TONIGHT. STEEPENING 700-500MB LAPSE RATES FROM 00Z-06Z WILL ALSO
CONTINUE THREAT FOR THUNDER AND SMALL HAIL. CURRENT POPS FOR
REMAINDER OF MORNING AND AFTERNOON LOOK SUFFICIENT. NOT MUCH DIURNAL
RANGE IN TEMPS TODAY WITH CLOUD COVER AND CONTINUE COLD AIR
ADVECTION. HIGHS WILL BE SOME 20 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO. MARINE...SCA
FOR ALL ZONES. HAVE BUMPED SEAS UP BASED UPON TRENDS.

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SCA ALL MARINE ZONES.

76...SHORT-TERM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 10:43 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1143 AM CDT SUN APR 11 2004

TXZ247-111705-
CALHOUN-
1143 AM CDT SUN APR 11 2004

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CALHOUN COUNTY THROUGH
NOON CDT...

AT 1143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PORT LAVACA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
POINT COMFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS WELL AS MARBLE
SIZE HAIL.

76

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Calhoun

When
April 11, 11:45 AM CST
Where
Calhoun County, Seadrift
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
28.417, -96.717

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

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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: 5394359.