Hail in Texas, May 1, 2004

Name: Hail in Texas, May 1, 2004
Start: 2004-05-01T03:15
End: 2004-05-01T03:15
Location: Texas

May 1, 2004 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 May 1, 3:08 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:08 AM CST, 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
408 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

.DISCUSSION...
FRONT WILL CONTINUE MARCHING ON THIS MORNING WITH SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT CONTINUING AS WELL. PREVIOUS WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 7AM
EXCLUDING THE EXTREME NW COUNTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN CANCELED AS THE
LEADING LINE AND MAIN SEVERE THREAT HAS PASSED...ALTHOUGH RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NW SECTIONS THROUGH THE
MORNING. 2ND WATCH WILL GO THROUGH  900 AM...WITH ALL OTHER PARISHES
AND COUNTIES INCLUDED EXCEPT EXTREME SE LA PARISHES. FRONT LOOKING
TO CONTINUE TO DUMP LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL AND SO THREAT OF
HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTING...WILL GO WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR
COUNTIES NEAR THE MAIN CONVECTION AND EASTWARD. MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
ACTIVITY SO FAR HAS BEEN STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND SOME MARGINAL
HAIL.

FRONT SHOULD BE CLEANING UP THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH
MOST OF THE RAIN ENDING BY MIDNIGHT...MAYBE A FEW STRAGGLERS ACROSS
NE/C LA LATE. AFTER THAT...WILL BE SMOOTH SAILING FOR THE BEGINNING
OF THE WEEK...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND
NO POPS THROUGH MID WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  73  50  71  48 /  80  30   0   0
MLU  75  52  70  47 /  80  40  10   0
TXK  68  48  72  48 /  80  20   0   0
TYR  68  47  73  49 /  80  20   0   0
LFK  72  49  73  49 /  80  30   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR AR ZONES 60-61-70>73.
LA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY ALL N LA ZONES.
OK...NONE.
TX...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES 125-126-136>138-149>153-
165>167.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 11:00 AM CST, 16 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT FRI APR 30 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>167-011100-
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 FRI APR 30 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ISOLATED. A
SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TODAY. THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO THE
REGION.  SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.  IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT COULD ALLOW FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON
SATURDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA
BY THE END OF SATURDAY NIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS AGAIN
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.  SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.  ALSO...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION ON SATURDAY...AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE
OVER THE SAME AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING NORTHWEST AND LATER TONIGHT
ELSEWHERE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 1:10 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
210 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004

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

1253 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW PITTSBURG          32.96N 95.01W
05/01/2004                   CAMP               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS FM 556

0104 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 S MOUNT PLEASANT      33.12N 94.98W
05/01/2004  59 MPH           TITUS              TX   AWOS

0155 AM     TSTM WND GST     NEW BOSTON              33.46N 94.42W
05/01/2004  60 MPH           BOWIE              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Special weather statement, May 1, 1:45 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072-LAZ001>003-010-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>153-165-011200-
ANGELINA-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-
FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-
MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NEVADA-PANOLA-
RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-WOOD-
245 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 139 CONTINUES IN EFFECT
UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
FAR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HAIL...STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION WEST OF A
PRESCOTT TO BRADLEY ARKANSAS...PLAIN DEALING AND OIL CITY LOUISIANA
AND MARSHALL...LONGVIEW...AND TUSK TEXAS LINE. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A BAND FROM NEAR ASHDOWN TO TEXARKANA AND
FOUKE ARKANSAS...AND FROM NEAR WINONA TO TYLER  AND NOONDAY TEXAS.

06

Local storm report, May 1, 1:56 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
256 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004

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

0237 AM     HAIL             LINDALE                 32.51N 95.41W
05/01/2004  0.75 INCH        SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AT INTERSTATE 20

0238 AM     HAIL             TYLER                   32.33N 95.30W
05/01/2004  0.75 INCH        SMITH              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            ALONG THE NORTH LOOP

&&

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Local storm report, May 1, 3:14 AM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
414 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004

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

0300 AM     HAIL             JACKSONVILLE            31.97N 95.26W
05/01/2004  1.00 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

0340 AM     HAIL             4 W JACKSONVILLE        31.97N 95.33W
05/01/2004  1.00 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

0410 AM     HAIL             TATUM                   32.31N 94.52W
05/01/2004  0.75 INCH        RUSK               TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

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Special weather statement, May 1, 3:15 AM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

ARZ050-051-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>111-124-010935-
BOWIE-CAMP-FRANKLIN-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-MORRIS-
RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-TITUS-WOOD-
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...AT 415 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 139 HAS BEEN
CANCELED FOR THE COUNTIES OF MCCURTAIN IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND FOR RED RIVER...BOWIE...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
CAMP...AND WOOD. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED BUT THIS AREA...BUT MORE
STABLE ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS
DECREASED.

ARZ060-061-070>072-LAZ001>003-010-TXZ112-125-126-136>138-149>153-165-
011200-
ANGELINA-BOSSIER-CADDO-CASS-CHEROKEE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-GREGG-HARRISON-
HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-MARION-MILLER-NACOGDOCHES-NEVADA-PANOLA-RUSK-
SHELBY-SMITH-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 139 CONTINUES IN EFFECT
UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
FAR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HAIL...STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION. MAIN THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE EAST OF A HOPE TO TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...
AND DOUGLASSVILLE...GILMER...AND TYLER TEXAS LINE. STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS
FROM NEAR JEFFERSON TO LONGVIEW...KILGORE...HENDERSON...
AND JACKSONVILLE LINE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.

ARZ073-LAZ004>006-011>014-017>022-TXZ166-167-011400-
BIENVILLE-CALDWELL-CLAIBORNE-GRANT-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LINCOLN-
NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-RED RIVER LA-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-
UNION AR-UNION LA-WINN-
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AND A SMALL
PART OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 AM CDT...

THE WATCH EXTENDED EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO
HOMER...RINGGOLD...COUSHATTA...AND PLEASANT HILL AND ZWOLLE
LOUISIANA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER NORTH
WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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.

06

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:15 AM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED 1ST GROUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

ARZ050-051-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>111-124-010935-
BOWIE-CAMP-FRANKLIN-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-MORRIS-
RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-TITUS-WOOD-
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...AT 415 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 139 HAS BEEN
CANCELED FOR THE COUNTIES OF MCCURTAIN IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND FOR RED RIVER...BOWIE...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
CAMP...AND WOOD IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND FOR HOWARD...LITTLE
RIVER...AND SEVIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED BUT THIS AREA...BUT MORE
STABLE ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS
DECREASED.

ARZ060-061-070>072-LAZ001>003-010-TXZ112-125-126-136>138-149>153-165-
011200-
ANGELINA-BOSSIER-CADDO-CASS-CHEROKEE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-GREGG-HARRISON-
HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-MARION-MILLER-NACOGDOCHES-NEVADA-PANOLA-RUSK-
SHELBY-SMITH-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 139 CONTINUES IN EFFECT
UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
FAR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HAIL...STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION. MAIN THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE EAST OF A HOPE TO TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...
AND DOUGLASSVILLE...GILMER...AND TYLER TEXAS LINE. STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS
FROM NEAR JEFFERSON TO LONGVIEW...KILGORE...HENDERSON...
AND JACKSONVILLE LINE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.

ARZ073-LAZ004>006-011>014-017>022-TXZ166-167-011400-
BIENVILLE-CALDWELL-CLAIBORNE-GRANT-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LINCOLN-
NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-RED RIVER LA-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-
UNION AR-UNION LA-WINN-
415 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AND A SMALL
PART OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 AM CDT...

THE WATCH EXTENDED EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO
HOMER...RINGGOLD...COUSHATTA...AND PLEASANT HILL AND ZWOLLE
LOUISIANA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER NORTH
WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Panola

When: May 1, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Panola County, 1 mi E of Tatum
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 32.300, -94.500

Hail fell at the Martin Creek Lake State Park.

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

Every storm in Texas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, May 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: 5394394.