Florida, 2004Flood 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.
- 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
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.
- 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.
- Tornado in Missouri, November 1, 2004$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, November 1, 2004$93,000 · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 1, 2004$90,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 1, 2004$75,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, November 1, 2004$25,000 · 6 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 1, 2004F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 1, 2004F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 1, 2004F1 · 1 event
- Drought in Colorado, November 1 to 30, 200421 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 1, 2004$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Hail in Oklahoma, November 1, 20041 in hail · 8 events
- Drought in Utah, November 1 to 30, 20047 events
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.