Storm reports for August 6, 2004

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On August 6, 2004, 27 hail, 12 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Lubbock 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 (27)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $28,000 in property damage and $1 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (40 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dawson County, TX (near Grandview) · Hail 2.75″ · $20,000
  “A high precipitation supercell moved slowly southeast across northern Dawson County during the late evening of the 6th. This storm resulted in a large swath of damaging hail ranging in size from quarters to baseballs.”
• Garza County, TX (near Graham Chapel) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “The Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet station reported a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust.”
• Lubbock County, TX (near Shallowater) · Hail 2.75″
  “A retired NWS employee reported baseball size hail.”
• Lynn County, TX (near New Moore) · Hail 2.50″
  “The public reported tennis ball size hail.”
• Coconino County, AZ (near Bellemont) · Hail 0.75″
  “3/4 inch diameter hail was reported on the south side of Camp Navajo Army Depot in Bellemont.”
• St. Lucie County, FL (near Ft Pierce) · Tornado F0
  “An F0 tornado touched down near Interstate 95 northwest of Ft. Pierce ripping the porch off a house. Funnel clouds were reported with this storm.”

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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