2 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 5, 10:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1100 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004 .UPDATED DISCUSSION... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 500 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. .PREVIOUS UPDATED DISCUSSION... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST WARNING COUNTY AREA THROUGH TONIGHT TO 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. A REGIONAL SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK LOW CENTER LOCATED OVER WESTERN TEXAS JUST NORTH OF THE BIG BEND. DOPPLER RADARS SHOW CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS WEAK LOW CENTER. A LOCAL AREA SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...DEW-POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S AND WINDS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. A REGIONAL UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS SHOWS A CLOSED LOW LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO/WESTERN TEXAS...DRIFTING NORTHEAST. THIS FEATURE ALSO SEEN ON VISIBLE AND WV/IR SATELLITE LOOPS. AS NOTED ABOVE...THE AREA IS STILL UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS... REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT WILL CAUSE FLOODING. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES IS UNDER ONE INCH FOR ONE HOUR RATES... WITH 1.3 TO 1.9 INCHES FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES ONE HOUR RATES. MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THE NGM...MESO ETA...AVN AND UKMET...RAINFALL ACCUMULATION ANALYSIS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY FORECAST WARNING AREA SHOW FOR TONIGHT...0.45 TO 1.95 INCHES. FOR TUESDAY 0.25 TO 0.45 INCHES. AS NOTED ABOVE...THE WESTERN COUNTY OF VAL VERDE WAS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH EXPIRED AT 8PM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES. NCEP SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK HAS THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST WARNING AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING. THE DOPPLER RADARS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF TEXAS INDICATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE BIG BEND EXTENDING NORTHEAST. A EASTWARD MOVEMENT IS INDICATED. NEEDLESS TO SAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE DEL RIO...DRT...00Z RAOD SOUNDING THIS EVENING HAD A FREEZING LEVEL AT 10 K. WITH CONVECTIVE STORMS DEVELOPMENT...LOOKS LIKE A GOOD HAIL PRODUCING ATMOSPHERE. IN SUMMARY...FOR TONIGHT... LOOKING FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. CURRENT ACTIVITY OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES NEAR THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AND THE BIG BEND WILL SLIDE EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT AND THEN BE INFLUENCED BY A MID LEVEL JET WHICH WILL INTENSIFY THE STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AS THEY SPREAD NORTHEAST. WITH THE SATURATED ATMOSPHERE UP TO 10K...HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. BUT THE FREEZING LEVEL AT 10.8K WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR HAIL DEVELOPMENT. BUT THE MAIN EVENT IS BELIEVED TO BE A HEAVY RAIN SITUATION. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED DUE TO THE RAINS THAT HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. RAINFALLS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL RANGE IN THE ONE-HALF TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. FOR TUESDAY...LOOK FOR THE UPPER LOW TO TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY WITH RAIN ENDING FROM THE WEST AND PROGRESSING EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COUNTRY WARNING AREA THROUGH 6AM TUESDAY MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THIS TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061000- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT- DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS- UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- 400 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE ONE HALF TO NEAR 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LARGE HAIL NEAR 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND END TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS THIS EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding closed portions of US277 and US377 in eastern Val Verde County after nearly 2 inches of rain fell near the Val Verde-Edwards County line.
Up to 2 inches of rain fell across western Edwards County, causing flash flooding that closed parts of US377 and FM674.
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: 5393075, 5393076, 5393077.