Hail, Coleman
- When
- June 4, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County, 2 mi W of Coleman
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.833, -99.467
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 4, 2005
12 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 230 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 .SHORT TERM... A LOT OF WAITING AND WATCHING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF 19Z...DRYLINE HAS SET UP FROM DRYDEN TO SNYDER TO ALTUS. DRYLINE SHOWING SOME BETTER MOVEMENT ACROSS OKLAHOMA THAN DOWN HERE IN TEXAS. WITH TEMPS IN THE 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S...CAPE VALUES ALREADY ABOVE 3000 AREAWIDE...AND PUSHING 5000 ACROSS THE NORTH. PROBLEM HAS BEEN THE CAP. WITH 700 MB TEMPS IN THE 10 TO 12 DEGREE RANGE...DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SLOW TO INITIATE AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE DEVELOPMENT...IF IT CAN OCCUR AT ALL...TO OCCUR CLOSER TO 00Z. GIVEN THE CAPE VALUES...ANY STORM THAT CAN DEVELOP WOULD QUICKLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS AND WILL MENTION SEVERE IN ALL ZONES. THE CURRENT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD FOR NOW. WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT WILL END UP PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TOMORROW. MODELS DEVELOP DECENT CONVECTION ACROSS OKLAHOMA TONIGHT...HELPING SHOVE A WEAK COLD FRONT DOWN NEAR THE BIG COUNTRY FOR SUNDAY. IF STORMS FAIL TONIGHT... BOUNDARY WILL STAY A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH. WILL HOLD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. .LONG TERM... CURRENT FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE AND WILL NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY REAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. LARGE UPPER TROUGH SETTLES INTO THE WESTERN US...SETTING UP SOUTHWEST FLOW. MID LEVEL TEMPS STILL PRETTY WARM...BUT WORTH PUTTING SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN AT TIMES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 71 92 71 92 / 30 20 20 20 SAN ANGELO 72 94 71 94 / 20 20 20 10 JUNCTION 71 93 71 93 / 20 20 20 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 07
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 1:44 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 244 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-051944- BROWN-CALLAHAN-COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION- JONES-KIMBLE-MASON-MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA- SCHLEICHER-SHACKELFORD-STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN- 244 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A DRYLINE WAS CURRENTLY LOCATED BETWEEN CHILDRESS AND WHICITA FALLS...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR A SYNDER TO SANDERSON LINE. THE DRYLINE WILL DRIFT INTO FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE IN THE WARM...MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...MAINLY AFTER 4 PM. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANY PART OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL...GREATER THAN GOLFBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE EACH DAY. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
Event by event
12 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Callahan
- When
- June 4, 4:16 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, 3 mi SW of Cross Plains
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -99.200
Hail, Coleman
- When
- June 4, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County, 2 mi NE of Echo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -99.317
Hail, Callahan
- When
- June 4, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, 3 mi S of Baird
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -99.400
Hail, Throckmorton
- When
- June 4, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County, Woodson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -99.050
Hail, Callahan
- When
- June 4, 6:19 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, 2 mi W of Putnam
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -99.233
Hail, Callahan
- When
- June 4, 6:50 PM CST to 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, Putnam
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -99.200
Hail from a stationary supercell thunderstorm pounded the little community of Putnam for almost an hour with hail of Baseball size or larger.
Flash Flood, Callahan
- When
- June 4, 6:59 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, East Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -99.400
Very heavy rains in association with a stationary supercell thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain over the eastern portion of Callahan County resulting in flooding. Numerous roads were flooded and a portion of interstate 20 was closed for a time during the height of the event.
Hail, Callahan
- When
- June 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, Putnam
- Measured
- 4.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -99.200
The very large hail that had been falling in Putnam maxed out at softball size producing major damage to roofs and vehicles.
Hail, Haskell
- When
- June 4, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, Rochester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.317, -99.867
Hail, Haskell
- When
- June 4, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, 3 mi N of Haskell
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.217, -99.750
Hail, Haskell
- When
- June 4, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, 4 mi N of Haskell
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.217, -99.750
Hail, Throckmorton
- When
- June 4, 10:20 PM CST to 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County, Throckmorton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.183, -99.183
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 4, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 4, 2005
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 4, 2005
- Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 2005
- Flooding in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Oklahoma, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 4, 2005
More
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2005
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: 5455153, 5455154, 5455155, 5455156, 5455157, 5455158, 5455159, 5455160, 5455161, 5455162, 5455163, 5455164, 5455165.