Storm reports for September 30, 2004

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On September 30, 2004, 20 hail, 9 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Lincoln County, CO.

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 (20)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $108,000 in property damage and $25,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (31 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ward County, TX (near Grandfalls) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $75,000
  “Strong to severe thunderstorms over Pecos County spawned a left moving (anticyclonic) severe storm that rapidly propagated over the town of Grandfalls. Quarter to golfball size hail was reported in addition to damaging winds.”
• Ward County, TX (near Grandfalls) · Hail 1.75″ · $25,000
  “Law enforcement officials reported quarter to golfball size hail in Grandfalls. Minor damage to vehicles was reported.”
• King County, TX (near Guthrie) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “Strong winds blew down trees south of town.”
• Terry County, TX (near Brownfield) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet station measured a gust to 60 mph.”
• Reeves County, TX (near Saragosa) · Hail 1.00″
  “A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported penny to quarter size hail and "high" winds from the intersection of Interstate 10 and Texas Highway 17 north to Saragosa.”
• Eddy County, NM (near Lakewood) · Hail 0.75″
  “An isolated supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Eddy County during the afternoon hours of the 30th. This storm produced large hail as it affected the Lakewood area along U.S. Highway 285.”

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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