Florida, 2004

Flood in Florida, November 1 to 7, 2004

November 1 to 7, 2004 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 8:40 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 8:40 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
840 PM EST SUN OCT 31 2004

.DISCUSSION...LATEST RUC SHOWS MID/UPPER LVL RIDGING OVER THE
STATE SLIDING EAST TONIGHT AS A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS/ ACROSS THE
NORTH END OF THE CWFA AND THE NE GULF/ SHIFTS INTO NORTH FL BY
MORNING. AS THESE RIDGES SHIFT...LOW LEVEL EAST AND SOUTHEAST
FLOW WILL INCREASE ENOUGH TO KEEP PATCHY FOG LIMITED TO THE NORTH
END OF THE CWFA. AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DEW POINTS SUPPORT
FORECAST MINS AND A FEW CLOUDS ARE STREAMING IN FROM THE EAST
AND SOUTHEAST. CURRENT ZONES HANDLE ALL THIS WELL AND NO UPDATE
IS REQUIRED.

&&

.MARINE...RAOB AND BUOY DATA SUPPORT ON GOING FORECAST SO NEXT
ISSUANCE WILL GO OUT BY 1020 PM WITH LITTLE CHANGE.

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

RKR
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 6:00 AM EST, 18 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
600 AM EST SUN OCT 31 2004

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-311500-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
600 AM EST SUN OCT 31 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

AREAS OF FOG ARE AGAIN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...
ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA. FOG IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE
VISIBILITY IN SPOTS UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. MOTORISTS SHOULD
SLOW DOWN...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING
DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES WHEN ENCOUNTERING FOG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:

PATCHY FOG WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF TAMPA BAY TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

RD

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Citrus

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 7, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Citrus forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

In Citrus County, the Withlacoochee River at Holder (flood stage 8 feet) reached an all time high of 10.86 feet on September 30th and remained above flood stage throughout the month of October. The Withlacoochee River at Dunnellon (flood stage 29 feet) reach 30.41 feet on the September 27th and also remained above flood stage throughout October. Both sites fell below flood stage on the 7th.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, November 2004

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: 5428014.