Hail, Hemphill
- When
- August 3, 9:02 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, Canadian
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -100.383
Hail in Texas, August 3, 2004
however no damage or injuries were reported.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm over the northeastern Texas panhandle during the late evening produced hail...however no damage or injuries were reported.
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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 2:32 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:32 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 332 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 .DISCUSSION... LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN THEME OF THIS PCKG IS A RETROGRESSION OF THE UPPER AIR PATTERN DURING THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER SRN PLAINS WILL RETROGRADE TO A POSITION OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND GREAT BASIN REGION BY NEXT TUESDAY...WHILE ANOTHER ERN US TROF ORGANIZES AS WELL. THIS UA PATTERN CHANGE IS AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR ONE WE HAVE SEEN THIS SUMMER...THE DREADED NW FLOW PATTERN WHICH OFTEN HAS SOME SURPRISES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. FOR TONIGHT...HAVE SPREAD SLGT CHC POPS A BIT FURTHER E AND S BASED ON CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS. LOOKS LIKE COLD FRONT ON SCHEDULE FOR WED WITH COOLER TEMPS LATER WED AND THU. SLGT CHC TO CHC POPS NEARLY ALL PERIODS EXCEPT DAY 7 DUE TO NW FLOW PATTERN. LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ADVERTISING ANOTHER COLD FRONT AROUND MONDAY... AND HAVE ADJUSTED WIND GRIDS AND TEMPS TO REFLECT THIS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO 67 93 64 86 / 10 30 30 20 BEAVER 71 90 65 86 / 20 20 20 20 BOISE CITY 66 91 61 85 / 20 20 20 20 BORGER 68 94 65 87 / 10 30 30 20 BOYS RANCH 67 92 64 87 / 20 30 30 20 CANYON 66 93 64 86 / 10 30 30 20 CLARENDON 70 95 67 88 / 10 30 30 20 DALHART 63 91 63 86 / 20 20 20 20 GUYMON 69 90 64 87 / 20 20 20 20 HEREFORD 65 93 63 86 / 20 30 30 20 LIPSCOMB 71 93 66 86 / 20 20 20 20 PAMPA 69 93 65 88 / 10 30 30 20 SHAMROCK 71 95 68 88 / 10 30 30 20 WELLINGTON 72 97 68 89 / 10 30 30 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && ANDRADE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 12:00 PM CST, 9 hours 2 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-041100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA...AND THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JORDAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:05 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 805 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 OKZ003-TXZ004-005-008>010-040300- BEAVER-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-OCHILTREE-ROBERTS- 805 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL... LIPSCOMB...AND OCHILTREE COUNTIES... THROUGH 10 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF PRINGLE TO WOLF CREEK PARK TO FOLLETT AND THEN TO SLAPOUT WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH IN SIZE...FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SCHNEIDER
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 3 to 4, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 2004
- Hurricane and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 3, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2004
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 3, 2004
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 2004
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 3, 2004
More
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 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: 5418353.