Hail in Texas, April 30, 2004

Name: Hail in Texas, April 30, 2004
Start: 2004-04-30T22:15
End: 2004-04-30T22:15
Location: Texas

April 30, 2004 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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
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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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
900 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

.DISCUSSION...
WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO LOWER TONIGHT/S LOW TEMPERATURE FORECASTS TO
MID 60S NORTH.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
PERSISTENT CONVECTION LINGERS ACROSS EXTREME NRN PORTIONS OF
VERNON/NEWTON/JASPER AS TRAINING ECHOES FROM WWD-MOVING OUTFLOW
DRIFT EWD. MSAS OUTPUT SHOWING THETA-E RIDGING NEAR THIS AREA WHICH
SEEMS TO BE HELPING FUEL THESE STORMS. ALSO WATCHING LINE OF TRW
PROGRESSING E ACROSS NRN TX. CURRENT TRAJECTORY WOULD KEEP SRN END
OF LINE N OF MY CWA. TOO BAD I CANT SPLIT NEWTON & JASPER COUNTIES
IN HALF THEN GO CATEGORICAL FOR THE NRN ZONES...WILL MAKE A CALL ON
POPS CLOSER TO PRESS TIME.

MEANWHILE TO THE SE...NUMEROUS TRW TRYING TO MOVE ASHORE FROM THE
GULF INTO THE VERMILION BAY AREA. SO FAR THIS ACTIVITY LOOKS VERY
MUCH LIKE TYPICAL NOCTURNAL STUFF AS IT DISSIPATES NOT LONG AFTER
LANDFALL. DONT EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE AS NEXT RIPPLE IN THE
UPR FLOW PASSES TNGT. WILL RAISE POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS THE SERN
ZONES...AND MAY NEED TO ENTERTAIN THOUGHTS OF FLOOD WATCH LATER IF
ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY IS
MAKING IT ASHORE ACROSS CAMERON/JEFFERSON SO WILL RAISE POPS FOR THE
SWRN ZONES TO GOOD CHC.

TEMPS TO BE ADJUSTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA FOR MODIFIED AIR
BEHIND THE OUTFLOW DROPPING TEMPS TO PROJECTED VALUES PRIOR TO PRESS
TIME. -LGE
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LCH  66  79  59  72  /  50  50  70  30
BPT  70  80  57  74  /  40  50  70  30
AEX  63  79  59  68  /  50  70  70  20
LFT  65  82  62  68  /  60  50  70  30
&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

20

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 3:22 AM CST, 18 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
422 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
302030-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-LOWER ST MARTIN-
NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN-
VERMILION-VERNON-
422 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY PRODUCING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA
WHERE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE
TO THE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES
ACROSS THE AREA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PUSH
OFFSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH DRY WEATHER
RETURNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MID-WEEK.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

WILEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:30 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
830 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

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

0800 PM     HAIL             LEESVILLE               31.14N 93.27W
04/30/2004  0.88 INCH        VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY LEESVILLE PD.

0820 PM     HAIL             NEW LLANO               31.11N 93.28W
04/30/2004  0.75 INCH        VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY NEW LLANO PD.

&&

THM

Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:37 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
837 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

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

0835 PM     HAIL             LEESVILLE               31.14N 93.27W
04/30/2004  0.88 INCH        VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTS SHEETS OF NICKEL TO DIME SIZE HAIL.

0830 PM     HAIL             NEW LLANO               31.11N 93.28W
04/30/2004  0.88 INCH        VERNON             LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS SHEETS OF NICKEL TO DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

THM

Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:44 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
844 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

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

0843 PM     HAIL             FORT POLK               31.05N 93.21W
04/30/2004  0.75 INCH        VERNON             LA   PUBLIC

&&

THM

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jefferson

When: April 30, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 12 mi NW of Port Arthur
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 30.017, -94.083

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

Every storm in Texas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5393202.