5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Jun 18, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .SHORT TERM... A WEAK COOL FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDED ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY FORMING AT 230 PM...ESPECIALLY EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY INTO THE EVENING. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR APPEAR SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. CONSIDER SEVERE WEATHER WATCH LIKELY FOR THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE INSTABILITY IS SUFFICIENT FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT BUT APPEAR TO LACK FOCUSING MECHANISM AT THE MOMENT. STILL EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS TO FORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...THUS WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. FOR SATURDAY...CONTINUED SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL MAINTAIN ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. WILL HAVE TO SEE IF BOUNDARIES ARE LEFT OVER FROM TONIGHTS STORMS WHICH MAY INFLUENCE WHERE STORMS WILL FORM. .LONG TERM... MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. RIDGE TO BEGIN WEAKENING LATE SUNDAY AS A LOW OVER NORTHERN CANADA SINKS SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A BROAD TROUGH IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WITH A RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADVECTED ACROSS THE REGION IN SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW WITH THE DRY LINE REMAINING NEAR THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO. WEAK QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT TO BE OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE DRY LINE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH STORMS MOVING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH. THE THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS WEAK MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 62 87 61 93 / 60 20 30 20 TULIA 64 88 64 93 / 70 20 30 20 PLAINVIEW 66 90 65 94 / 50 20 20 20 LEVELLAND 66 93 64 95 / 40 10 20 20 LUBBOCK 68 92 65 95 / 40 10 20 20 BROWNFIELD 70 95 66 96 / 30 10 20 20 CHILDRESS 68 88 68 94 / 70 30 20 10 SPUR 71 93 69 96 / 40 20 20 10 ASPERMONT 73 95 70 96 / 30 20 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1200 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 TXZ021>044-190443- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 1146 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING AROUND MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 90S. WHILE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STORMS TO FORM ANYWHERE IN THE REGION...A BOUNDARY OF SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR LEFT OVER FROM THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT MAY HELP INCREASE THE THREAT OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM GUTHRIE TO SILVERTON...TULIA...AND DIMMITT. STORMS WHICH DO FORM SHOULD MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST OR EAST. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ALONG THE DRYLINE...WHICH WILL MOVE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON TO NEAR THE TEXAS...NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 338 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 TXZ021>038-190300- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-MOTLEY-PARMER-SWISHER- 338 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... PARMER...CASTRO...SWISHER...BRISCOE...HALL...CHILDRESS...BAILEY... LAMB...HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY...COTTLE...COCHRAN...HOCKLEY... LUBBOCK...CROSBY...DICKENS...AND KING SOME COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE WATCH INCLUDE... FRIONA...DIMMITT...TULIA...SILVERTON...MEMPHIS...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...MATADOR...PADUCAH... MORTON...LEVELLAND...LUBBOCK...CROSBYTON...DICKENS...AND GUTHRIE. HAIL UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALHART TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP 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. JW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet measured a wind gust to 67mph. Law Enforcement reported trees down south of town.
Law enforcement reported golfball size hail.
Strong thunderstorm winds blew down power lines.
Law enforcement reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5406910, 5406911, 5406912, 5406913, 5406914, 5406915.