Storm reports for March 3, 2004

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On March 3, 2004, 8 hail, 1 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Dawson County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (8)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (9 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Tipton County, TN (near Mason) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “A tree which was more than 100 years old was blown down.”
• Dawson County, TX (near Lamesa) · Hail 1.75″
  “Penny to Golfball size hail was reported from U.S. Highway 87 south of Lamesa to rural locations east of that highway. No damage was reported.”
• Midland County, TX (near Greenwood) · Hail 1.00″
  “Nickel to quarter size hail was observed by a local television meteorologist at his residence near Greenwood.”
• Howard County, TX (near Forsan) · Hail 1.00″
  “The first of three individual hail storms to affect Howard County on the morning of the 4th resulted in quarter size hail at Forsan.”
• Andrews County, TX (near Frankel City) · Hail 0.88″
  “A rather prolonged severe weather episode began late in the evening of the 3rd. The first severe thunderstorm to develop resulted in nickel size hail near the rural community of Frankel City in Andrews County.”
• Glasscock County, TX (near St Lawrence) · Hail 0.88″
  “Reported at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2401 and Texas State Route 137 south of Bigby Corner.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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