Storm reports for April 23, 2004

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On April 23, 2004, 182 hail, 85 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Haskell 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 (182)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.8 million in property damage, $85,000 in crop damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (274 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Harper County, KS (near Harper) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $75,000 · 3 injuries
  “Historic Red Barn, 115 years old and under renovation, collapsed. All three men pinned in the rubble were injured. One man required air med-evac to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita where, upon arrival, he was listed in critical condition.”
• Harper County, KS (near Harper) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $350,000 · 1 injury
  “Large tree fell onto mobile home. One woman injured, sustaining fractured vertebrae, requiring ambulance transport to Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita where, upon arrival, the woman was listed in fair condition.”
• Shackelford County, TX (near Albany) · Hail 2.00″ · $800,000
  “Large hail damaged roofs and cars in Albany.”
• Wilson County, TX (near Floresville) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $100,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds broke off large tree limbs and damaged roofs in Floresville.”
• Atascosa County, TX (near Pleasanton) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $100,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds overturned mobile homes and damaged roofs at Charlotte and blew over trees near Christine.”
• Stonewall County, TX (near Old Glory) · Hail 2.00″ · $100,000
  “A supercell thunderstorm developed west of town and moved slowly east producing a swath of hail up to and slightly larger than golfball size in and west of Old Glory.”

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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