7 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 6:00 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 .AVIATION... 700 AM CDT TSRA SHOULD END AT METRO TAF SITES BY 14Z AS BACK EDGE OF MCS CONTINUES SLIDING SLOWLY EAST...THOUGH SOME -RA MAY LINGER. NORTH WINDS WILL FILTER IN AS THE MCS EXITS. BRIEF IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS EARLY AFTERNOON. NO MORE THAN PROB30 NEEDED FOR TSRA THIS AFTERNOON. TSRA WILL LINGER LONGER IN ACT...THOUGH CIGS/VSB SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE MVFR MUCH OF THE DAY. 25 && .UPDATE... 615 AM CDT LOOKS LIKE S TX SYSTEM HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT AND NOT AFFECT INFLOW INTO CURRENT LINEAR COMPLEX NOW ALONG A GATESVILLE...WACO/ HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...ATHENS LINE. SOME OBS SITES AND REPORTS HAVE INDICATED 2-3 INCH AMOUNTS IN SPOTS WITH FEEDER/NLY MOVING BANDS OF SHOWERS IN WARM SECTOR FEEDING RIGHT INTO SLOW MOVING LINE. AS RESULT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND TRENDS...HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDDAY FOR ALONG/SE OF THIS LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FFW ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BAND ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM AND MORE COULD LIKELY BE ISSUED FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST. OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO PREV FCST. 05/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... 345 AM CDT .SHORT TERM... VERY ACTIVE WEATHER SCENARIO THIS MORNING AS LINEAR...SLOW MOVING MCS CONTS CREEPING S/SEWD WITH LEADING EDGE OF HEAVIER RAIN ALONG A GOLDTHWAITE...MERIDIAN/LAKE WHITNEY...WAXAHACHIE/CORSICANA...EMORY LINE. STILL GOOD THETA-E RIDGE ANCHORED OVER ERN ZONES/E TX/W LA IN VCNTY OF 30-40 KT SLY LLJ. WEAK FRONT/BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH FAR W/NW ZONES ATTM. DEW PTS STILL MID/UPPER 60S AHEAD OF CURRENT N TX LINEAR MCS...WITH MCV/LEWP IN VCNTY OF S/W MOVING OUT OF OLD MEXICO AND INTO S TX. THIS COMPLEX IS HEADING RAPIDLY EWD TWDS TX COASTAL BEND/UPPER TX COAST AREAS. SO ALOT TO THINK ABOUT WITH POTENTIAL EVOLUTION OF QPF/POPS TODAY...NOT TO MENTION TEMPS. FEELING RIGHT NOW FOR TODAY IS THAT LINEAR MCS OVER AREA WILL WEAKEN TOWARD DAYBREAK/AFTER...AS INFLOW IS INTERRUPTED BY S TX MCV/LEWP AND LLJ SHIFTS EWD/WEAKENS. FEEL THERELL STILL BE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS /EMBEDDED STORMS ALONG/E OF I-35 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING...THEN OVER FAR ERN/SRN ZONES LATER THIS AFTN...AS CULPRIT UPPER LOW OVER NRN NM/SRN CO CONTS LIFTING/WEAKENING NEWD OVER KS/SRN NE THROUGH TONIGHT. WILL FOREGO FFA FOR SE 1/2 OF CWA DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED POTENTIAL INFLOW INTERCEPT FROM S TX SYSTEM AND THE LACK OF RAINFALL IN RECENT WEEKS DOWN THAT WAY WHICH SHOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB MOST RAINFALL. HOWEVER KEEPING HEAVY RAIN MENTION IN FCST THOSE AREAS AND WILL CONT TO MONITOR CLOSELY. WEAK FRONT SHOULD STILL BE IN VCNTY OF E/SERN ZONES TNGT INTO SUN MORNING AND WILL CONT HIGHEST POPS DOWN THERE...WHILE TRENDING DOWN POPS RAPIDLY CENTRAL/WEST AREAS AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN AND LIFT WEAKENS. FRONT SHOULD BE OUT OF CWA BY SUN AFTN/EVE AND STALLING OVER S-C/SE TX WITH SEMI-ZONAL MID LVL FLOW SETTING UP OVER AREA. DESPITE A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS OVER THE FAR S/SE CWA...IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY QUIET AS OPPOSED TO TODAY. WILL STAY CLOSE TO CONSENSUS MOS NUMBERS ALONG/SE OF FRONT TODAY/TONIGHT...BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER TO THE NW IN RELATIVELY DRIER AIRMASS...DESPITE LINGERING CLOUDS. SLIGHTLY WARMER SUN...MAINLY WEST WHERE FLOW BECOMES WEAK E/SELY. .LONG TERM... SEMI-ZONAL FLOW...QUITE PATTERN SHOULD BEGIN THE WORK WEEK AND THROUGH WED...AS DRIER HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES LOW LVLS WITH LESS HUMIDITY...MILD DAYS...COOL/COMFORTABLE NIGHTS. RETURN FLOW LOOKS TO CRANK UP AGAIN ALONG WITH THE TEMPS/HUMIDITY BY THURS AND BEYOND AS ANOTHER STORM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE ROCKIES. WILL HOLD TO SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING THURS/BEYOND AS GFS IS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE ECMWF...SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPERATURES/PROBABILITIES... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 58 75 54 / 100 30 0 0 WACO, TX 73 60 76 55 / 100 40 10 0 PARIS, TX 73 58 73 54 / 100 30 0 0 DENTON, TX 72 56 74 53 / 70 20 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 72 56 74 53 / 90 20 0 0 DALLAS, TX 73 58 75 54 / 100 30 0 0 TERRELL, TX 74 59 75 55 / 100 50 10 0 CORSICANA, TX 75 61 75 56 / 100 60 20 0 TEMPLE, TX 74 62 76 56 / 100 50 40 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR ZONES TXZ135...TXZ144>148...TXZ158>162...TXZ174>175...OR GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KILLEEN...GATESVILLE...MERIDIAN...HILLSBORO ...ATHENS LINE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 435 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-240934- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 435 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...GLEN ROSE...COMANCHE LINE. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO AREAS EAST OF A BONHAM...CORSICANA LINE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 30. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF A PALESTINE...TEMPLE LINE SUNDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COOL FRONT WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:07 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Low water crossings around the county covered with 1 1/2 feet of water.
A bridge was under water 1/2 mile west of town on County Road 1120.
FM 934 near Osceola was flooded and the northbound side of Interstate 35 at mile marker 359 flooded.
Several roads in Waco and around the county were covered with over one foot of water.
Farm roads were flooded near Rice.
Several low water crossings in town were flooded.
FM 1829 near Mound was closed due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2004
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: 5392512, 5392595, 5392596, 5392597, 5392600, 5392598, 5392599.