4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 29, 3:02 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 402 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 .SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL LOW SEEN ON SATELLITE OVER THE GREAT BASIN TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE FOUR CORNERS TONIGHT THEN BEGIN TO OPEN UP AS IT MOVES INTO EAST INTO NEW MEXICO. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FIRST 24 HRS AT LOW MOVES INTO FOUR CORNERS...THEY ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NEXT 24 HRS WITH ETA SLOWER AND WITH CUT OFF LOW NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BOOT HEEL. ALL OTHER MODELS ARE FASTER MOVING LOW EASTWARD AS AN OPEN WAVE WITH GFS...UKMET...ECMWF AND NOGAPS HAVING TROUGH AXIS NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER AT 12Z SATURDAY. THE CANADIAN IS FASTER THEN OTHER MODELS. GFS PAST FEW MODEL RUNS HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT THEN ETA AND WILL THUS LEAN MORE TOWARDS ITS SOLUTION. AT 18Z COLD FRONT HAD MOVED INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...FURTHER SOUTH THEN WHAT THE MODELS WERE INDICATING. THE DRY LINE WAS LOCATED ALONG THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT. WITH PRESSURE RISES OF THREE MB TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT...EXPECT IT TO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH THEN DEPICTED BY THE MODELS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STALLING. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. THE DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO THE EASTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THEN RETREAT BACK TO THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT BY EARLY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH BEST CHANCE NEAR FRONT AND DRY LINE. CURRENTLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS... NEAR THE FRONT AND AHEAD OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO. JV/08 .LONG TERM... UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND NORTH ACROSS THE TX/OK PANHANDLES THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG BAROCLINIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...USHERING IN MUCH COOLER AIR ON STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. ETA MODEL THICKNESS VALUES DECREASE INTO THE MID 550 RANGE ON SATURDAY IN MAXIMUM COLD AIR ADVECTION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO REACH THE MID 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. WITH COLD AIR ADVECTIVE FORCING INDICATED IN ALL NUMERICAL MODELS...DECIDED TO KEEP IN SLIGHT POPS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AS SOME LIGHT STRATIFORM RAIN IS POSSIBLE. A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER MUCH OF TEXAS THROUGH THE MID RANGE PERIOD. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BUILDING A SURFACE RIDGE EAST OF THE AREA BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH A MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES TO FOLLOW. HEIGHT RISES AND SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR DOWNSLOPING SUBSIDENT FLOW THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. FORECAST DATABASE COVERED THESE TRENDS VERY WELL. WITH MAXIMUM CONDITIONS COMING TOGETHER...SOME PARTS OF THE CWA COULD REACH 90 DEGREES. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD RETURN TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. INCREASING DEWPOINTS EAST OF THE CAPROCK COULD ENHANCE POSSIBLE CONVECTION IF DRYLINE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE. STILL TOO EARLY TO DISCUSS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 46 71 37 64 / 20 20 30 0 TULIA 49 73 42 65 / 20 20 30 0 PLAINVIEW 51 75 44 66 / 20 20 30 10 LEVELLAND 53 80 45 65 / 20 10 30 10 LUBBOCK 55 81 45 65 / 20 10 30 10 BROWNFIELD 55 83 46 64 / 20 10 30 10 CHILDRESS 57 79 47 69 / 30 20 30 10 SPUR 58 84 50 66 / 30 10 40 20 ASPERMONT 61 85 52 67 / 30 20 40 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 215 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 TXZ021-022-027-028-033-034-039-040-301915- BAILEY-CASTRO-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LAMB-PARMER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 215 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TXZ023>026-029>032-035>038-041>044-301915- BRISCOE-CHILDRESS-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD-GARZA-HALE-HALL-KENT- KING-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-STONEWALL-SWISHER- 215 PM CDT THU APR 29 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND ALL OF THE ROLLING PLAINS. THE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A DRYLINE THAT AS OF MID-AFTERNOON STRETCHED FROM FLOYDADA TO RALLS TO POST...AND SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM FLOYDADA TO CHILDRESS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...AND SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND LOW TO MID-LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT-DRYLINE INTERSECTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS FRIDAY EVENING OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 02
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 309 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-042>044-300300- BRISCOE-CHILDRESS-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD-GARZA-HALL-KENT-KING- MOTLEY-STONEWALL- 309 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRISCOE... CHILDRESS...COTTLE...CROSBY...DICKENS...FLOYD..GARZA...HALL...KENT... KING...MOTLEY AND STONEWALL UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 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 Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.
4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Large, wind-driven hail damaged windshields and destroyed acres of wheat.
Storm chasers reported a brief tornado over open country. No damage resulted from the tornado.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2004Warnings in Texas, April 2004
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: 5392393, 5392392, 5392395, 5392394, 5392396.