1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 10:09 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1106 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO INCLUDE NEW TORNADO WATCH #47 FOR DEWITT...KARNES AND LAVACA COUNTIES THRU 4 PM CDT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... UPDATED FORECAST TO REMOVE POPS FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND DECREASE POPS ACROSS THE EAST TO 50-60 PERCENT. TWEAKED MAX TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES ACROSS THE EAST TODAY BASED ON CLOUD COVER AND RAIN COOLING. ADDED FOG FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING GIVEN WET SURFACES AND DRY AIR FORECAST TO MOVE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND TRAP A SHALLOW MOIST LAYER AT THE SURFACE. ALSO CLEARED OUR COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH #46. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES CLOSER TO THE COAST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #45. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT EASTERN TWO-THIRDS TIL 2 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DEWITT...KARNES AND LAVACA UNTIL 4 PM CDT... && 11/01/DC/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071000- 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- 500 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL MOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
853 AM CDT TUE APR 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 AM FLASH FLOOD AUSTIN 30.31N 97.75W
04/06/2004 TRAVIS TX BROADCAST MEDIA
WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO 3 TO 4 FEET AT PLUGERVILLE ROAD,
2 VEHICLES UNDER THE WATER. 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER ANDERSON
ROAD / HIGHWAY 290. 1 FATALITY.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
855 AM CDT TUE APR 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 AM HAIL CEDAR CREEK 30.08N 97.50W
04/06/2004 1.00 INCH BASTROP TX BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 183 NEAR CEDAR CREEK.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
855 AM CDT TUE APR 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0854 AM HAIL CEDAR CREEK 30.08N 97.50W
04/06/2004 1.00 INCH BASTROP TX BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 183 NEAR CEDAR CREEK AT 430 AM.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
924 AM CDT TUE APR 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0923 AM FLOOD ROUND ROCK 30.52N 97.67W
04/06/2004 WILLIAMSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGHWAY 685 AT BRUSHY VREEK IS CLOSED AND LAKE CREEK IS
OUT OF ITS BANKS.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
953 AM CDT TUE APR 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 AM FLOOD 10 SSE ROCKSPRINGS 29.88N 100.15W
04/06/2004 EDWARDS TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGH WATER RESCUE AT THE BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 335 AT THE
EDWARDS/REAL COUNTY LINE.
&&
PMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1037 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004 TXZ193-194-207>209-221>225-061636- BASTROP-CALDWELL-DE WITT-FAYETTE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-KARNES-LAVACA- LEE-WILSON- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46... BASTROP...CALDWELL...DE WITT...FAYETTE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE... KARNES...LAVACA...LEE AND WILSON. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BUT CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Frio River near Uvalde crested at 16.72 feet on April 6 at 1800CST, where flood stage is 12 feet.
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: 5393292.