Hail, Yoakum
- When
- April 19, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum County, 15 mi SW of Plains
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.033, -103.017
Golfball size hail was reported by the public.
Hail in Texas, April 19, 2004
7 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
- $200,000
- Events
- 7
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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 19, 9:30 AM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 9:30 AM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1030 AM CDT MON APR 19 2004 .UPDATE... UPDATED ZONES IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS TO SHOW CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. RADAR SHOWING AREA OF SHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF LBBS FORECAST AREA...BUT THIS AREA CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTHEAST AHEAD OF AN UPPER SHORT WAVE. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 10:30 AM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 19 2004 TXZ021>044-201630- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 1130 AM CDT MON APR 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SHIELD OF CLOUDS ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AND PUSH EAST THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE THE DRYLINE REMAINS NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 320 PM CDT MON APR 19 2004 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-200200- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-COCHRAN-CROSBY-FLOYD-HALE-HOCKLEY-LAMB-LUBBOCK- LYNN-PARMER-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 320 PM CDT MON APR 19 2004 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90 FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... PARMER...CASTRO...SWISHER...BRISCOE...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE... FLOYD...COCHRAN...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK...YOAKUM AND TERRY. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... LUBBOCK...FRIONA...DIMMITT...TULIA...SILVERTON...MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...MORTON...LEVELLAND...PLAINS AND BROWNFIELD. HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALHART TEXAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cochran
- When
- April 19, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County, 7 mi N of Bledsoe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.717, -103.017
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 19, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, Tokio
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.183, -102.583
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 19, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, Tokio
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.183, -102.583
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, 8 mi SW of Brownfield
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -102.383
A storm chaser reported golfball size hail.
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 19, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, Wellman
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -102.433
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, 2 mi SE of Brownfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.167, -102.267
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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, April 19, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 19 to 20, 2004
- High Wind in Michigan, April 19, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 19, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, April 19 to 20, 2004
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 19, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 19, 2004
- Damaging Wind in New York, April 19, 2004
- Strong Wind in New York, April 19, 2004
- Strong Wind in Vermont, April 19, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, April 19, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 19, 2004
More
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 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: 5392384, 5392390, 5392387, 5392385, 5392388, 5392386, 5392389.