Texas, 2004

Hail in Texas, April 7, 2004

April 7, 2004 · NWS SHV · 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.

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 2:26 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:26 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
310 PM CDT WED APR  7 2004

.DISCUSSION...
CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER LAKE TEXOMA WILL OPEN AND MOVE EAST...INTO
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. BUT UNTIL THEN...
EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING
OVER THE CWA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WITH COLD AIR ALOFT...WET-BULB ZERO BELOW 10K...HAIL CHANCE WILL
HIGH. SEVERE TSTM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CWA...AND
WILL MENTION SEVERE IN ALL ZONES.

DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CWA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER FAST MOVING SYSTEM ROTATING AROUND
CANADIAN LOW WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO NORTHERN ZONES ON FRIDAY. THIS ONE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SERIES
OF SHORT WAVES UNTIL SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW MOVES EAST INTO
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY. COOLER AIR WILL SPILL SOUTH SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  57  79  57  79 /  50   0   0   0
MLU  58  78  56  79 /  50   0   0   0
TXK  57  78  57  78 /  50   0   0  30
TYR  55  77  56  80 /  50   0   0   0
LFK  55  80  56  82 /  50   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 11:00 AM CST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-081100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. INCREASING MOISTURE WITH THE APPROACH OF
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AND A
SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE AREA...WILL PROVIDE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.
THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
440 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-080100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-CLAIBORNE-
COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-JACKSON-
LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-
NACOGDOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-
SABINE LA-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-
UNION LA-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-WOOD-
440 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...FOR ALL
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MANY TO COUSHATTA
TO MONROE. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS
EAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
652 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004

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

0425 PM     HAIL             GLADEWATER              32.54N 94.95W
04/07/2004  0.88 INCH        GREGG              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL BETWEEN GLADEWATER AND WHITE OAK.

0430 PM     HAIL             5 E ASHDOWN             33.67N 94.04W
04/07/2004  0.88 INCH        LITTLE RIVER       AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL IN MILLWOOD STATE PARK.

0430 PM     HAIL             LONGVIEW                32.52N 94.76W
04/07/2004  0.88 INCH        GREGG              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0430 PM     HAIL             TALCO                   33.36N 95.10W
04/07/2004  0.88 INCH        TITUS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0435 PM     HAIL             BECKVILLE               32.24N 94.46W
04/07/2004  0.88 INCH        PANOLA             TX   PUBLIC

0445 PM     HAIL             8 E LONGVIEW            32.52N 94.62W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        HARRISON           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FELL BETWEEN LONGVIEW AND HALLSVILLE ON HWY 80.

0455 PM     HAIL             HALLSVILLE              32.50N 94.58W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        HARRISON           TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:08 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
708 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004

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

0520 PM     HAIL             HENDERSON               32.16N 94.80W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        RUSK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0525 PM     HAIL             HOPE                    33.67N 93.59W
04/07/2004  1.75 INCH        HEMPSTEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL FELL AT HOPE AIRPORT.

0530 PM     HAIL             RUSK                    31.80N 95.15W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0530 PM     HAIL             ALTO                    31.65N 95.07W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0539 PM     HAIL             WELLS                   31.49N 94.95W
04/07/2004  0.88 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0543 PM     HAIL             15 SW SHREVEPORT        32.32N 93.98W
04/07/2004  1.75 INCH        CADDO              LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FELL IN SPRING RIDGE.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:17 PM CST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
717 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004

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

0550 PM     HAIL             STONEWALL               32.26N 93.82W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        DE SOTO            LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0557 PM     HAIL             MANSFIELD               32.03N 93.70W
04/07/2004  1.75 INCH        DE SOTO            LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0610 PM     HAIL             STONEWALL               32.26N 93.82W
04/07/2004  2.75 INCH        DE SOTO            LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FELL IN STONEWALL.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:31 PM CST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
731 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004

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

0558 PM     HAIL             CARTHAGE                32.15N 94.34W
04/07/2004  0.75 INCH        PANOLA             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0600 PM     HAIL             LUFKIN                  31.33N 94.73W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        ANGELINA           TX   PUBLIC

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE LINDEN             32.96N 94.30W
04/07/2004                   CASS               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR KILDARE ACROSS HWY 248.

0640 PM     HAIL             LUFKIN                  31.33N 94.73W
04/07/2004  1.00 INCH        ANGELINA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, San Augustine

When
April 7, 7:15 PM CST
Where
San Augustine County, 2 mi N of San Augustine
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
31.550, -94.117

Hail fell along Hwy 147.

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: 5389623.